Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Where does it come from? Is there a cure? About one in every 800 American babies is born with Down syndrome‚ and it is estimated that about 350‚000 people in the United States‚ and just under 6 million people worldwide live with this condition today. There is a false impression that pregnancy screening has eliminated or substantially reduced the incidence of Down syndrome in the population. Despite years of screening‚ the Down syndrome population in the
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Being the youngest sibling of three has always been hard on me. I was the only girl and growing up with my two brothers has always had its downfalls. I not only had to be around my brothers at all times‚ I was also surrounded by too many male cousins. Quite frankly‚ I can count how many female cousins I have in one hand. It is a real shame what a girl had to do just to be one of the guys. I was seven years old at the time and I still remember what happened like it was just yesterday. For
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Having a Down syndrome is such a difficult situation for an individual to have. They have slow physical and mental capabilities that lead them to discrimination. Physical features of having a Down syndrome. Including flattening of the head; slanting of the eyelids; a gap between the first and the second toes; a depressed nasal bridge; relatively small ears‚ mouth‚ hands and feet; short stature; decreased muscle tone and loose ligaments among others. Not every child with Down syndrome has all
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Autobiography My name is Robert Walton I go to Oak Park High School! I was raised by both my parents while growing up. My parents barely finished high school and never went to college so they were not the type of parents who pushed college careers nor did they have any sort of college fund for us to be able to go. They always helped with homework but never pushed me to do better. Now that they see my accomplishments from attending middle school to high school they are very proud of me and supportive for me to
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School Life in the 1950’s School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth‚ discrimination‚ sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In
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The book‚ “Watership Down‚” written by English Author Richard Adams‚ tells an unusual story about a group of talking rabbits in a warner. One of these strange talking rabbits has a vision of the warner be destroyed by something. He apparently has a rabbit brother and they both go talk to the chief rabbit about evacuating from the warner. Their efforts are shortened and fail as the chief is unwilling to listen. The two unusual talking rabbits decide to set out on their own with a small band of rabbits
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A day in the life of…. Friday morning Supervise 59 students in the Open Learning Centre doing their homework‚ reading or using PCs before school. Sign my son’s work experience permission form (he is in year 10 here). Notified SMT/PE staff that a ex-pupil’s picture is on the front page of the local paper after winning a silver medal at the Commonwealth games. Sort out double room booking problem of three classes in a room built for two. Advise students in the English class where books on
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divorced when I was 12 and I thought my life had come to an end. My mom left my younger brother and sister and me with my father in a huge house and took her Home Interior with her. A selfish 12-year-old‚ I wondered how Christmas would be with only one income and who would bake cookies before I came home from school. But it was not long before I realized that my mom took more than her silk flowers and ceramic owls. She took our favorite tutor‚ our maid to clean up after us and our mother to give us our
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My high school life Reminiscing the past makes me missed my high school life. It cannot be compared and surpassed by any other experiences. What makes it significant to my life is that it creates and nourishes my growth through having fun and excitement. It contributed a lot to make me feel the essence of life‚ the real joy‚ and the self-satisfaction. First were the happiness we had with my classmates. I could still remember when we share our thoughts together. Singing‚ dancing and laughing
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There are many ways in which a business opportunity and idea is spotted and created. Sometimes the creations of these are ideas are sometimes down to luck‚ at other times due to creativity and knowledge. Many ideas for a successful business come from people who have experience working in a particular market or industry. This creates many advantages for the success of this idea: it provides a better and more detailed understanding of what customers want‚ it also helps as the entrepreneur
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