Treatment improves cognition in Down Syndrome patients

Using the word ‘patient’ to describe a person with Down’s Syndrome or any other learning difficulty is awful. It isn’t an illness.

I know several local people with Downs Syndrome and treat them just like anyone else.

I noticed in the last few years many of them have become actors/actresses.

There is one in the British TV drama "Call the Midwife" there is Daniel Laurie who plays Reggie. Watched some others too.

https://www.newsunzip.com/wiki/daniel-laurie/

They can be very creative people.

Using the word ‘patient’ to describe a person with Down’s Syndrome or any other learning difficulty is awful. It isn’t an illness

If they are receiving treatment (as the individuals referred in the article) then they are validly called patients. Or to be more clear, they are patients because they are included in a study and receive treatment, not because they have Down syndrome.

Iceland has virtually eradicated Down Syndrome by means of pre natal screening and women having control of their bodies.

Iceland has virtually eradicated Down Syndrome by means of pre natal screening and women having control of their bodies.

Yay genocide?

Also, what the hell:

They each received the treatment through their arm every two hours over a period of six months, with the drug delivered in pulses to mimic the hormone's frequency in people without Down Syndrome.

Is there some mistake here, or are they suggesting that injections every two hours for a span of six months is a viable treatment method? Sounds like torture!

Takalka....

Yay genocide?

No, just parents being given the choice to have a baby with Down Syndrome or not. Almost 100% chose not to have the baby. My wife and I would have made the same decision.

It is not just Iceland..

Rates of abortion after a positive prenatal test...

Iceland 100%

Denmark 98%

UK 90%

Japan 84%

France 77%

US 67%

When given the option, most parents decide not to have the Down Syndrome baby.

Is there some mistake here, or are they suggesting that injections every two hours for a span of six months is a viable treatment method? Sounds like torture!

The hormone is given by pulses by a pump that has a deposit with many doses, the needle only needs to be inserted once and the pump is programmed to deliver a pulse every certain amount of time. Now it is a very common way to administer insulin to diabetic patients.