Trisomy 21: What we can learn from people with Down syndrome

Trisomy 21: What we can learn from people with Down syndrome
ISBN-10
3647701963
ISBN-13
9783647701967
Category
Education
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2016-07-11
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Author
André Frank Zimpel

Description

For a long time, it was assumed that a genetic disposition such as trisomy 21 enables predictions to be made about overall personality development. But, who could have ever imagined that people with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) would also be capable of earning a university degree? We studied 1,294 people with trisomy 21. The results showed that people with trisomy 21 benefit more from abstract learning than their neurotypical counterparts. Two-year-olds with the syndrome first learn to read and only then to speak and will understand algebra better than arithmetic. Ignorance of neurodiversity inevitably leads to learning difficulties when these people are forced to learn at the same pace as others. This applies to autism and trisomy 21 to the same extent. That is why this book advocates the recognition of trisomy 21 as a variant in the spectrum of human neurodiversity.

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