| Babies inherit genetic information from their | | | | children to enroll them at a training program |
| parents in the form of forty six chromosomes. | | | | center. Therapists can educate mongoloids and |
| The father produces twenty three as well as the | | | | help them develop motor skills and language. |
| mother, but in Down syndrome one of the pair of | | | | Training is so important for the mongoloid - victim. |
| chromosome produces three partners resulting in | | | | Some training program centers train mongoloids |
| a total of forty seven chromosomes.. It is a | | | | to do as much as their limitations permit. The |
| congenital abnormality. This condition maybe | | | | extent abnormalities vary from child to child. |
| transmitted by either parent. When women over | | | | Some children need a lot of medical treatment |
| thirty five years old have children a good chance | | | | while others lead a healthy life. |
| that her baby will become mongoloid. | | | | Pregnant women can be screened for various |
| It is easy to recognize infants suffering from | | | | complications during pregnancy. Amniocentesis is a |
| mental retardation called Downs syndrome. Most | | | | test performed during the first fourteen to |
| babies that are mongoloid have an IQ fifty or | | | | twenty weeks of fetal development to know if |
| lower. Most of the mongoloid - victims experience | | | | the fetus has Down syndrome. This test involves |
| stunted growth resulting in a small skull, coarse | | | | the removal of a small amount of amniotic fluid |
| and scanty hair, a flat face and an upward slope | | | | through a needle inserted in the abdomen of the |
| in the eyes. The tongue of the mongoloid is thick | | | | pregnant mothers. The extracted cells are used |
| and they have short hands and feet. It is also | | | | to analyze the presence of chromosomal |
| obvious that Down syndrome victims have a | | | | abnormalities. This test may result in fetal injury, |
| speech delay and they need speech therapy to | | | | preterm labor or miscarriage. |
| help them with expressive language. | | | | Parents can use any program that is offered in |
| Infants who are mongoloid have abnormalities in | | | | school. There are also strides being made in |
| intestines, heart and teeth. They also have | | | | education, housing, and social settings to create an |
| difficulty hearing, an under active thyroid, eye | | | | environment to support to people with Down |
| problems, and gastrointestinal blockages. | | | | syndrome. In most developed countries, since the |
| Scientists are still studying the reason for the | | | | early twentieth century many people with Down |
| chromosomal error and how to prevent it. Expert | | | | syndrome were housed in institutions or colonies |
| recommended parents with Down syndrome | | | | and excluded from society. |