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Learning about Down's Syndrome was eye-opening to someone who has never really experienced someone with this condition. I learned a lot about how these children learn and how difficult it is for their working memory. But many teacher and individuals will work hard with them so they can have a future, job, and education like everyone else.  I got a chance to see an insight into how these families function and honestly it is not much different from an everyday family. I learned these kids are down to earth and care emotionally about the people in their lives, this condition causes late developmental milestones, increased health issues, trouble with speech and down syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities in the human race. This fact I found very shocking because I have never had a class with anyone who faces this condition, but I believe these children should be in the classroom and get the same chances of education and socialization that everyone else gets.  The most powerful video I came across was the “do not limit me” video. This video showed a girl who has achieved amazing things in her lifetime and wants to continue to produce amazing accomplishments. She speaks out about ways in school she wants to be included. She does not want to be degraded, separated or mimicked. She wants a chance like all other students. This was one of the many videos I watched that highlighted the stigma around Down's Syndrome. The stigma breaks my heart that people's differences cause others to have such altered perceptions. The parent's initial reactions when they hear they are having a baby with Down's syndrome is incredibly heartbreaking. So many people follow the stigma that surrounds this condition that they do not want their children once they find out they have Down's syndrome. Once these parents realize all the amazing things, these children bring they immediately regret their initial feeling. I believe it is critical to erase this stigma around this condition, so these children get amazing opportunities too.

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This video speaks to a mother who didn't know what to expect when she was having a child with down syndrome. This video shows that these children with down syndrome still have the ability to be like everyone else. They explain that they will be able to travel, write, and experience just like everyone else. This video really drives home its point as it shows these children from all over the world speaking different languages speaking of their amazing abilities. They shows that this disability does not define their abilities as a human.

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Video 2: Down Syndrome: Cause, Progression, and Treatment

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Video 2: Down Syndrome: Cause, Progression, and Treatment

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In this video I was informed that
- Down's Syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality.
- Downs Syndrome leads to severe intellectual disabilities and health problems. That can be treated through speech therapy, physical therapy, and special education.
-Most children with this problem are born to mothers under the age of 35, but older mothers have an increased risk of having a child with Down syndrome.
- This occurs when the sperm or the egg carry an extra chromosome. There are only supposed to to be 23 for each parent but on occasion an extra chromosome is present. It is still scientifically unknown why there is an extra chromosome present.
-Children with Down syndrome have difficulties in tasks involving many areas of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex; an area of the brain responsible for behavior, attention, decision making, emotion, and complex thought.
-The additional chromosome may cause a lot more than just neurological issues; these include heart disease, infertility, and vision and hearing disorders
- The stereotypical physical malformations associated with this condition is a short neck, small head, and flat face.

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The Very Front of Your Brain

In life, everyone wants to be in front. We want to be at the front of the line, sit at the front of a window, or be at the forefront of medicine. That's because the word 'front' implies something superior or better or more desirable somehow.

Our brain is kind of similar. The very front of our brain has a region that is involved in some of the most superior tasks a human being can possibly accomplish. We'll explore how this area of the brain may be involved in a very serious condition.

What Is Down Syndrome?

This condition is called Down syndrome, and it is the most common chromosomal abnormality, one that leads to severe intellectual disabilities and health problems. One in about 700 to 1000 children will be born with this condition. Most children with this problem are born to mothers under the age of 35, but older mothers have an increased risk of having a child with Down syndrome. For example, the chances that a woman aged 45 will have a child with Down syndrome are 20 times greater than normal.

Why Does Down Syndrome Occur?

However, women aren't solely to blame here by any means. The reason this genetic condition occurs is as follows. When a baby is conceived, it receives 23 chromosomes from its mother and 23 chromosomes from its father for a total of 46 chromosomes. The way to remember that is to think about the fact that the perfect number of chromosomes you can get from either your mother or father is 23. That would be considered to be a slam dunk, exactly what you want. And who's the best NBA player in history? Michael Jordan, number 23 for the Chicago Bulls.

A chromosome is just a really compact string of DNA, the genetic information that makes you who you are. You can liken a chromosome to a wire you get with a new smartphone. The wire is just one long string-like thing, but it comes coiled in the box so it can fit in there. That's what chromosomes are; they are coiled in your cells so they can fit inside of it.

In any case, when an egg or sperm has an extra chromosome, the child will have 47 total chromosomes, leading to a child developing Down syndrome. The reason for why an extra chromosome appears in the egg or sperm is unknown. One thing we know for sure is that chromosome 21 is the chromosome whose additional copy in the egg or sperm causes a child to develop Down syndrome. That's why another name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, since you have two, plus one extra, chromosome 21.

The way I remember which chromosome spoils the party, so to speak, is to think about your 21st birthday and how an uninvited guest just decides to show up and ruin everything in sight. That's the gist of what happens in Down syndrome as well. The addition of the extra chromosome leads to a whole host of problems way beyond what your trashed birthday party could ever cause you.

One thing that has been noted is that children with Down syndrome seem to have difficulties in tasks involving many areas of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for behavior, attention, decision making, emotion, and complex thought. Since it's so important in so many areas of life, it's no surprise that the prefrontal cortex is at the very front of your brain just like someone of equal importance would want to be at the front of a line.

Clinical Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnostics

The effect the extra chromosome may have on the prefrontal cortex and other areas of the brain may explain some of the signs and symptoms associated with this condition, such as intellectual disabilities, late onset of motor activities (such as walking), and seizures. Unfortunately, the additional chromosome may cause a lot more than just neurological issues; these include heart disease, infertility, and vision and hearing disorders in addition to the stereotypical physical malformations associated with this condition, such as a short neck, small head, and flat face.

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Down Syndrome: Cause, Progression, and Treatment - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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In life, everyone wants to be in front. We want to be at the front of the line, sit at the front of a window, or be at the forefront of medicine. That's because the word 'front' implies something superior or better or more desirable somehow. Our brain is kind of similar.

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Video 3: Successful Strategies for Beginning Readers with Down Syndrome

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Video 3: Successful Strategies for Beginning Readers with Down Syndrome

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This video focuses on how the children with these disabilities learn and why they must learn in different ways than the average individuals.This video goes through the steps that teachers take to to teach these children.
-Individuals with Down syndrome have poor short-term memory and poor auditory memory which is remembering sounds that we hear verbally.
-just remembering information that's presented audit-orally working memory though involves combining information integrating and using information in

memory for problem solving and for understanding and so that is

particularly effortful for an individual.
-Phonics base approach and sight words. Want to learn words that have strong meaning to them
-Strengths in visual memory and recognition memory. Therefore they read better when they have a picture and the word together. They have a really hard time pulling back memories from the past but if given hints it helps them recall this memory.
-the child matches a word on a flash card then matches to a stationary grid.
- They start with a small number of words and really work with the child to learn these words.
-Allow these students to focus at the tasks at hand with no distractions as that can cause many issues for the child.

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Successful Strategies for Beginning Readers with Down Syndrome

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This video touches on the basics of down syndrome. Its explains in a very simple manner what causes this condition. How these people who suffer from this condition are not much different from the average individual. Its peaks to the fact this is a condition and not a disease.This compares Down syndrome to things that are easily understood, giving the viewer a stronger understanding. This highlights the positivity and differences that comes with these conditions. This also speaks to viewers on what to do if they are friends with someone who has this condition and how to handle them.

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Video 5: Short video about Down syndrome for kids

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Video 5: Short video about Down syndrome for kids

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This video is very important to help with your understanding. It has a mother and a daughter narrating this video. This little girl talk about her sister who has down syndrome and shows pictures of her and goes over her accomplishments and all the amazing things about her. They then go and talk about what down syndrome is and how they differ from people who do not have this condition.They talk about how people cane help by:
-Being Kind
- Being Patient
-Being Friendly
-Bring Helpful
- Including Everyone

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Short video about Down syndrome for kids

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This video was created to educate my daughter's kindergarten class about Down syndrome for World Down Syndrome Day. It was based in part on a presentation found at http://www.lisamorguess.com/2013/02/16/down-syndrome-presentation/

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This is a story about a mother who has a child with Down syndrome. She goes over how this condition occurs. she goes through the story of when she had this child and how she originally felt grief when she first had this baby. She states 50% of babies with down syndrome have heart defects but her daughter did not. She worried about the stigma around children who face this condition. She felt grief and pain when she first had this child which gave her a lot of strength. It took her awhile to realize that she is still her daughter. She says "Down Syndrome does not define my daughter." They hold their daughter to high expectations despite this condition. She says this daughter is a gift and her first days were so silly and she regrets those feelings. She talks about how her older child loved Nela so much and that is what taught her to love her child endlessly.

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My name is Kelly Hansen I have two children he needs more and my daughter -- to -- and Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder where. Instead of two copies of the 21 from its own child -- three copies. The moment -- I was born and they handed her to me -- immediately knew something was different and her face and some of the things in the words. Now you know please god now. And was about an hour before we were actually told that yes they thought she -- -- and I think -- amounts is just feeling mind. She wasn't my daughter -- Couldn't I was hoping some -- is maybe it was like. And you know he felt like -- this baby that I had dreamed of for nine months I had imagined what this child would be. And you're just holding somebody else's baby grieving son -- -- hours. 50% of newborns without -- kind. Hearts defects and they immediately denounce her son and thankfully knows her place. Finding and we were so grateful. I worried about people making fun of -- -- worried that she wouldn't talk. That she. Wouldn't -- the -- I thought of -- as so different. Also -- -- you know. The very first night was. The musgrave has ever had kind that was. The entire night I cried. Almost physical pain just heaving sobs those first -- as the -- thing came from now. And it was so healing. You know as I'm sobbing and crying and still holding his baby that was -- and she needed me and nursing was very -- and I just realized she still in -- she's still my child -- -- -- love her and a lot of healing came from from my first daughter. See this -- she didn't see Down syndrome and watching her in a way that she loved her. Was completely pure and I want and to love my daughter my -- he -- her. She's opened our eyes more so to a world. I'm beauty and finding beauty and inspiring others -- just about on cinema itself so many things I found Carrigan -- -- lots of this beautiful sister relationships is gonna have. Wasn't necessary she has the exact relationship that I thought they would have and I can't play and I am I -- -- things. She talks since a box and she plays its. It's it's not what people think this. I felt the time Johnson does not -- my daughter does not define our -- As we -- now we've been very blast she's doing wonderful. And she's. She's for tax. Rate now we have the same expectations for an -- as we do for dealing with high expectations and we expect the bass I plan an -- will go to school I am I mean that she will be in -- regular classroom. I will provide her opportunities to learn about music and art. And find out why her Forte is about her -- -- in a Foster that just like we do whether their children. I think it's a feeling when I go back and and think of those first days -- things that I worried about and the stereotypes. That I had in my mind about -- syndrome. Now I I just see her as a child now as -- and it's not really that they can deal. -- -- just turned two and time. And we laugh and say that when she turned -- all of a sudden -- and I'm bringing. She's a very happy child at her birthday celebration -- grandparents and my stop signs were there and Laney and we were all surrounded. Around her high chair singing happy birthday. That moment for me you'll always -- every year only thing happy birthday we'll just be such a pure moment of gratitude -- bring someone strikes were family. And she is an incredibly bright. Beautiful funny child. And we are so lucky to have her.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

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My name is Kelly Hansen I have two children he needs more and my daughter -- to -- and Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder where. Instead of two copies of the 21 from its own child -- three copies.

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Video 7: Ten things people with Down syndrome would like you to know

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Video 7: Ten things people with Down syndrome would like you to know

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People who have down syndrome want to be supported this will help them enjoy their lives. They can read the emotions of people very well. This is not seen as an illness it is just a disability. They do not want to be degraded for this, they are very much like everyone else. They too have hopes, feelings, dreams, thoughts and interests. They are excellent communicators even though they may have trouble with their speech. They too can work a job. Today most people live to their 50's or 60's.

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Ten things people with Down syndrome would like you to know

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October is world Down syndrome awareness month. Why not celebrate the achievements of people with Down syndrome by joining us for the Buddy Walk! For Australians, visit www.buddywalk.net for more information, or for other countries, search google to find a walk near you!!!

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Video 8: "DON'T LIMIT ME!"- Powerful message from Megan with Down Syndrome

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Video 8: "DON'T LIMIT ME!"- Powerful message from Megan with Down Syndrome

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This video is of a girl who is in the classroom who speaks about her experience through high school. This video is used to inform teachers on how to help people who share the same condition as her. She does not want to be limited.
- she does not always need someone to help her.
- She can be in a normal classroom
-She wants high expectations too
-  She wants to be included in the circle of learning
- She has the same needs as other students
-She needs life skills
-She wants an education on read,math, and writing too
-She wants to be independent
- She wants to be communicator
- She wants respect
- She does not want to be a class mascot
- She wants to be taught and the teacher to learn from her
- She does not want to mimicked.
-Wants to learn: Power, Passion, and Love.

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"DON'T LIMIT ME!"- Powerful message from Megan with Down Syndrome

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Video 9: "There's nothing down about Down syndrome" preview | Down syndrome awareness | Julie Willson

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Video 9: "There's nothing down about Down syndrome" preview | Down syndrome awareness | Julie Willson

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- The doctors do not tell you what she will do they tel you what she is not going to do
- These parents do not want advice
-You have no concept of how your life is going to be blessed beyond measure by your child.
- They have typical successful lives just like everyone else.
- They love and care for you like no one else will
- This disorder does not define them
-They have hopes and dreams too

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"There's nothing down about Down syndrome" preview | Down syndrome awareness | Julie Willson

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My name is Julie Willson and I have decided to create this video in addition to my recent photo shoot to help raise awareness of Down Syndrome. Down syndrome is sadly looked at as a negative thing but after watching this video, you will see how wonderful it can be.

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Video 10: Raising a child with Down syndrome

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Video 10: Raising a child with Down syndrome

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- These parents have a fear of how society will react to their child.
- Worried about if he will be rewarded the same opportunities as other people.
-When many families told their children will have disabilities these parents freak out.
- Do not read things on the internet or stuff from the 80's or 90's. Talk to associations
-These children have so much potential and the internet doesn't tell you that.
-It is not in their minds he has a disability: he needs to learn things every child should learn.
-Must have a positive surrounding
- Treat him like he doesn't have a disability

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John and Michelle Hibbs talk about raising their son Liam, who has Down syndrome, and their hopes for his future. The full story can be found here: http://www.knoxnews.com/knoxville/family/support-for-the-kids-maryvillebased-nonprofit-knows-babies-cant-wait_37883260

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Age of mothers who have children with Downs Syndrome 

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Age of mothers who have children with Downs Syndrome 