Children with Down Sydrome

Down syndrome is named after John Langdon Down, the British doctor who first described the condition in 1866. It wasn’t until 1959, however, that an extra chromosome was identified as the cause.

The people with Down syndrome are an individual first and foremost. They do not just live in our world today, but they exist as well. They are special in every way. The emphasis should be on the person, not the disability. A person with Down syndrome has many other qualities and attributes that can be used to describe them. 

We have heard many stories of victory concerning special children, but are we really bother to ask who the people behind this triumph are.  It is indeed admirable  to know that they are teachers, parents, and shadow teachers and volunteers (BEEd-SpEd students) who are behind these remarkable and immeasurable  sacrifice that are being bestow to special children. The sacrifice is not easy for those people behind this, especially the parents who are having a child with Down syndrome, but for them this will be a continuing challenge to face in their everyday lives…a challenge that will always give them the realization of the deeper meaning of compassion and sacrifice. The fact that these people are also experiencing and facing trials of many kinds, they are not giving up, but rather pushing harder to find ways how to help those children with Down syndrome especially in their learning difficulties to bring out the unique potential possesses of special children specially “Children with Down syndrome”.

Parents Coping Up with the needs of Their Special Child

Some children who are having problems in school may need extra help through special education. Special education is for children who have disability.

School must follow certain procedures to decide if a child is eligible for education. These procedures are written in state and federal laws. The special education laws and procedures are complicated and can be hard to understand. If you have a disabled child, the exact diagnosis doesn’t matter because the problems, worries and fears covered here are those common to all parents in a child situation.

All parents should remember the child is their part and is not responsible for the way he/she is. All special children can lead  a happy life in their terms. Children born with mental or physical deformity can be cures and for those who cannot, the state can definitely be improved with medication, therapies and correct parenting.

All special children need to make them feel like one of you, understand them and also give them support. All special children whether it’s mentally or physically disabled, deformed, autistic or different in any other way should never be rejected, either when conceived, when born, or when they reach adulthood. Their vulnerable is a gift from God, not least by reminding us of our own weakness and dependence on him.

When parents discover that their child is autistic, some of them became confused devastated and broken hearted. They describe the trauma as “having a knife stuck into the heart” or like a “black sac was being pulled down over their head”.

  

Having a child with Autism has a major impact on the family. Parents shouldn't think that  raising a child with disability is a curse. No matter how bad the behavior or situation, there is always a solution. 

Parent’s dreaming that one day that their children enter to the school but others are not aware to help in the intervention of children’s education. Some parents ask questions to professionals about their recommendations, but some are not, because they have already a background.