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Reply to "True statement? Downs Syndrome is a spectrum "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most disabilities are a spectrum. My daughter and I both have Dyslexia but hers is far more severe than mine. On the flip side my ADHD is worse than hers. DH also has ADHD but has completely different symptoms than DD and myself. I would just stay away from comparison words like "worse" or "easier", and stay with "different". [/quote] But the word spectrum is misleading in this case. You cannot be borderline Down Syndrome, for example. Or have one clinician diagnose you as Down Syndrome and a second clinician disagree. It’s binary. You have it or you do not have it, zero debate. Is there a range of disability, and a range of coexisting Heath issues in people with DS? Of course. But there is not a spectrum of having trisomy 21. Either there are 3, or there are not 3 of the 21st chromosome. [/quote]
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