--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whom are you preaching to? Besides the list-resident > trickster, spaceship pilot, timeline maniac, and a > honoured > member of Brin's Legions of Terror, I spare some > time to raise a daughter with Down Syndrome :-)
Um, the choir? :) > BTW, the difference between mosaics and non-downs > is much bigger than the difference between mosaics > and 100% trisomies. The reason is not clear, but > _maybe_ the mosaics are handicapped for not being > recognized in earlier stages. The key point is that > babies with Down Syndrome must undergo an _Early > Intervention_ as young as possible. Book-learning must always bow to real-life experience. <imagine a full curtsey ;) > > >I have a friend who is a mosaic Turner's Syndrome, > who has completed post-doctoral work and is quite > >successful (full Turner's patients have only 1 X > >chromosome, with various physical and mental > >deficits). > > > IIRC, Turner Syndrome has a little impact on > intelligence You're right, I should have said 'learning disabilities.' My friend had to work at least twice as hard as me for academic (written) work, but she shone in clinical work. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
