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English physician and advocate for people with intellectual disabilities, John Langdon Down, calls people with down syndrome "Mongoloids" because their physical characteristics look like the ancient Mongolians.
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The life expectancy of a person with down syndrome is only between 9-12 years.
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Benjamin Spock said that if someone has a child with "mongoloid" they should be immediately institutionalized because they show signs of "not being human". It would be better for other children and the parents if the child is placed in an institution.
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An association between Alzheimer's and Down Syndrome was found.
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Dr. Jerome Lejeune discovers that people with Down Syndrome actually have an extra chromosome. He finds out that people with Down Syndrome actually have three copies of chromosome 21, instead of two.
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The country of Mongolia sends a letter to the World Health Organization to end the term "Mongoloids". The World Health Organization accepts the name Down syndrome as the standard accepted terminology.
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The life expectancy of a person with Down Syndrome is increased to 25 years.
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Charles Epstein publishes a book called "The consequences of chromosome imbalance" which was an influential book used for the purpose of studying Down Syndrome.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announce the odds for someone to be born with Down Syndrome is 1 in 1087 between the years of 1983-1990.
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Life expectancy for Down Syndrome has increased to 60 years old. Funding for Down Syndrome has decreased and hits and all-time low of only $ 14 million dollars.
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Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome becomes the first academic home for Down Syndrome. Its purpose is to study and research the effects of Down Syndrome and how to support people with Down Syndrome.
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This is the start of women being able to get tested to see if their baby shows signs of having Down Syndrome before the baby is born.
