Down Syndrome
Destyne Hernandez
Causes/How the child gets it
Down Syndrome is created when there is an extra chromosome then the original two it should only have.
Symptoms/Charateristics
Eyes slanted upwards.
Flatter on the back side of the head.
Short neck.
Smaller mouth.
Ears are smaller an may be folded over.
Treatment
Learning treatment on what the child needs to learn to be advance like kids their age.
Practice skills.
Life Expectancy
25-60yrs
Facts.
One in every 691 babies in the US are born with down syndrome every year.
Right now about 400,000 people are living in the world with DS.
Another fact is that people with DS are living normal lives just as regular people are. NO different from us just because the have a Illness.