Examples of Down syndrome in the following topics:
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- The average full-scale IQ of young adults with Down syndrome is around 50.
- Education and proper care have been shown to improve quality of life for individuals with Down Syndrome.
- Some children with Down syndrome are educated in typical school classes, while others require more specialized education.
- Some individuals with Down syndrome graduate from high school and a few go on to post-secondary education.
- Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.
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- Approaches in cognitive genomics have been used to investigate the genetic causes for many learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, and neural disorders such as Down syndrome, autism, and Alzheimer's disease.
- Down syndrome, for example, is a genetic syndrome marked by intellectual disability, and has implications for the ways in which children with Down syndrome learn.
- While experts believe the genetic cause for the syndrome is a lack of genes in the 21st chromosome, the gene(s) responsible for the cognitive symptoms have yet to be discovered.
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- Intellectual disability can be either syndromic (in which intellectual deficits are present along with other medical and behavioral signs and symptoms), or non-syndromic (in which intellectual deficits appear without other abnormalities).
- Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome are examples of syndromic intellectual disabilities.
- The most prevalent genetic conditions include Down syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome, fragile X syndrome (common among boys), neurofibromatosis, congenital hypothyroidism, Williams syndrome, phenylketonuria (PKU), and Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Down syndrome is one of the more common genetic causes of intellectual disability.
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- Common abnormalities include Down syndrome (caused by an extra chromosome #21), Klinefelter syndrome (caused by an extra X chromosome), and Turner syndrome (caused by a missing X chromosome).
- Many chromosomal abnormalities are of psychological importance, with substantial impacts on mental processes; for example, Down syndrome can cause mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.
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- A gene is the unit of heredity by which a biological trait is passed down through generations of human beings.
- Genetic causes for many learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, and neural disorders, such as Down syndrome, autism, and Alzheimer's disease have been investigated by the field of cognitive genomics, the study of genes as they relate to human cognition.
- Down syndrome, for example, is a genetic syndrome marked by intellectual disability, and has implications for the ways in which children with Down syndrome learn.
- While experts believe the genetic cause for Down syndrome is a lack of genes in the 21st chromosome, the gene(s) responsible for the cognitive symptoms have yet to be discovered.
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- Some mutations of the genes can result in conditions such as Down Syndrome or Turner's Syndrome.
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- The role of "patient" is a familiar and comforting one, and it is thought to fill a psychological need in people with this syndrome.
- Münchausen syndrome, a severe form of factitious disorder, was the first to be identified and was for a period used as the umbrella term for all such disorders.
- In the 5th edition of the DSM (DSM-5),
Münchausen
syndrome has officially been renamed "factitious disorder imposed on self".
- Münchausen syndrome is related to Münchausen syndrome by proxy, now known as "factitious disorder imposed on another"; this refers to the abuse of another person, typically a child, in order to seek attention or sympathy for the abuser.
- A parent with factitious disorder imposed on another (formerly known as Münchausen syndrome by proxy) will deliberately produce, feign, or exaggerate symptoms in their child.
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- In addition to the most common XX and XY chromosomal sexes, there are several other possible combinations commonly known as intersex, such as Turner syndrome (XO), Triple X syndrome (XXX), Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), de la Chapelle syndrome (XX male), and Swyer syndrome (XY female).
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- Additionally, certain individuals, such as those with savant syndrome, do not fit into traditional definitions of intelligence; multiple intelligence theory can offer a helpful way of understanding their situations.
- Savant syndrome identifies individuals who are considered to be intellectually deficient, yet have extremely well-developed talents or skills in a specific area, often art, music, or math.
- Savant syndrome demonstrates that an individual who appears to be intellectually deficient based on traditional definitions of intelligence can display exceptional abilities in a specific area or areas.
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- The most serious consequences of prenatal drug or alcohol exposure involve newborn addiction and fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
- Fetal alcohol syndrome affects both physical and mental development, damaging neurons within the brain and often leading to cognitive impairment and below-average weight.