Down's Syndrome Analysis

Humans usually complain about their life, and they are unsatisfied of what they have and always desire more and more. People need to learn how to love, enjoy and appreciate what they already have because millions of people do not have the same advantages. In this case people who do have these advantages, like disabled people, may see and act in the world differently. Those individuals who are born with a disease such as Down’s Syndrome (DS), a genetic defect of the chromosome 21, valuate and see the life from another point of view. Although they learn how to live with their disease, it is very difficult for them to integrate into the society. According to NDSS there are approximately 400,000 people who live with Down’s Syndrome in United States, …show more content…
Although they have some troubles in their verbal developments (Chapman,1995; Fowler,1990), children with Down’s Syndrome have very special abilities related to their ways of learning. For example, GiGi’s Play House reports that they learn better seeing graphics or pictures. When they are learning to read, this instruction should be more visual in order to make it less complex. Furthermore, the implementation of Multimedia in teaching people with DS has improved the performance in the mathematical classes because it provides dynamic presentation structures that help these people to understand the material of the class (Ortega & Gomes). Some changes should be made for them such as short writing or more time to solve a test (GiGi’s PlayHouse). These children can perform normal activities, but may need some …show more content…
People with Down’s Syndrome depend a lot on their parents who need to encourage them to start thinking as a self-governing person. Giving them confidence to perform any activities at home will allow them to be ready to do any other tasks out of home as workers, take decision, and able to assume their own responsibility. One method used to prepare people with DS, which is a required by law to become an employee, is transition planning which according to NDSS say that a person with Down’s Syndrome can live individually. Also, they are hired to work in positions such as manual labor task, public service, or related tasks (NDSS). These people can work and give a good service as well as a regular person. The development in their work, increases as they are more related with their jobs. These people can have some difficulties at the beginning, but usually they are very proud of being working, and their disability does not exclude