Treacher Collins Down Syndrome

ichael explains his case in a creative way. He has Down syndrome when the chromosomes came to make him, a normal chromosome broke, the broken piece moved and struck onto another chromosome.Its called spontaneous translocation.No one knows why this happens or how to prevent it. He starts to talk like how he is like everyone else. All he does is learns things a different way. It takes him longer to process information and form his thoughts and communicate with others. He gets frustrated when people mistake his not talking with not knowing very much.He learns the same thing everyone else is but In a different way. He ends his essay by saying that everyone is different and that God made us different so people would have variously be more interesting. In Amy's story we learn that she has Treacher Collins Syndrome.It does t affect you mentally but physically. …show more content…
The main characteristics of TCS are downward slanting eyes, small lower jaw and malformed or missing ears. A person with TCS has a 50% chance of passing it down onto their children. Amy like Michael has been discriminated against. Amy hopes to start a new trend in society where people are accepting of everyone. "Given the chance to live my life over again without Treacher Collins,I would have to politely decline." With this has made who she is and has learned so much. She say that someone with a medical condition is not abnormal but only human. In the next two articles it talks about cosmetic surgery, one talks about parents having surgery done on their kids to match their cognitive age. The other one talks about children having cosmetic surgery to raise their