Children with Developmental Challenges

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 21 : Down Syndrome

Common characteristics

There are over 50 clinical signs of Down syndrome, but it is rare to find all or even most of them in one person. Some common characteristics include:

• Poor muscle tone
• Slanting eyes with folds of skin at the inner corners
• Hyper flexibility (excessive ability to extend the joints)
• Short, broad hands with a single crease across the palm on one or both hands
• Broad feet with short toes
• Flat bridge of the nose
• Short, low-set ears
• Short neck
• Small head
• Small oral cavity and/or
• Short, high-pitched cries in infancy.