Trisomy 21

What we can learn from people with Down syndrome
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-525-70196-6
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

For a long time, it was assumed that a genetic disposition such as trisomy 21 enables predictions to be made about overall personality development. But, who could have ever imagined that people with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) would also be capable of earning a university degree? We studied 1,294 people with trisomy 21. The results showed that people with trisomy 21 benefit more from abstract learning than their neurotypical counterparts. Two-year-olds with the syndrome first learn to read and only then to speak and will understand algebra better than arithmetic. Ignorance of neurodiversity inevitably leads to learning difficulties when these people are forced to learn at the same pace as others. This applies to autism and trisomy 21 to the same extent. That is why this book advocates the recognition of trisomy 21 as a variant in the spectrum of human neurodiversity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zimpel, André Frank

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hurtig-Bohn, Kim Lena

Kalmutzke, Angela

Rieckmann, Torben

Röhm, Alfred Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Zimpel, André Frank
Dr. André Frank Zimpel ist Professor für Erziehungswissenschaft unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Förderschwerpunktes Geistige Entwicklung und mit dem Forschungsschwerpunkt Rehabilitationspsychologische Diagnostik an der Universität Hamburg.