--- 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

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