Down Syndrome

Name of condition: Down Syndrom The word syndrome means a collection of signs or characteristics. The name Down comes from the doctor, John Langdon Down, who first described the condition in 1866. There are more differences between people with Down's syndrome than there are similarities. They will have many of their families' distinctive characteristics and will therefore resemble their brothers and sisters. As well as these individual characteristics however, they will have physical features shared by others with Down's syndrome. …