Down Syndrome - Causes Symptoms and Opportunities for Development

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject Pedagogy - Orthopaedagogy and Special Education grade: 2 University of Cologne language: English abstract: In this paper I will reference a total of three books a newspaper article and several conversations with the patient B. and his parents. I have chosen the topic of opportunities for development as the focus of my work because it seems the most important. This paper is a short survey of Down syndrome and will only briefly examine the various aspects thereof.The remarks about B should illustrate that people with Down syndrome also are capable of achievement in their lives. This should be self-evident and normal but unfortunately in our society today it remains somewhat unique and of an anomaly.