Notes

http://www.ndss.org/index.php? From this website I got the

option=com_content percentage on how long an average
person with down syndrome life
expectancy is.

http://www.thespeciallife.com/down- From this website I got that down

syndrome-facts.html syndrome occurs during a cell division
called nondisjunction.
I also learned that Down syndrome
occurs when an individual has three,
rather than two, copies of the 21st
chromosome.

http://downsyndrome.about.com
/od/diagnosingdownsyndrome/ss/StbystDXDS From this website I got that most
_ro_5.htm children that are born with down
syndrome have heart defect.

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/d
own_syndrome.cfm
From this website I got that people with
down syndrome has an extra pair of
chromosomes. Normally, a fertilized
egg has 23 pairs of chromosomes. In
most people with Down syndrome,
there is an extra copy of Chromosome
21

http://www.nads.org/pages_new/facts.html

From this website I learned that in the

19th to the 20th weeks of a womens
pregnancy they can find out if the
child is going to be born with down
syndrome. Percutaneous Umbilical
Blood Sampling is done. What they is
I have learned so far that Down syndrome occurs when
that they anblood
get extrasample
pair of from
chromosome is in place and is called nondisjunction. I also
umbilical learned
cord of thethat the life
baby.
expectancy of a person with Down syndrome is now 65 years of age thanks to all the
treatment they get by the hospitals. Also most babies that are born with Down
syndrome come out to have heart defects or respiratory problems. I also learned in
the 20th week the women who are pregnant can find out if the baby is coming to this
world with Down syndrome and has the right to abort or have the child. I also learned
the find out by taking blood sample from the umbilical cord.