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An unusual profile
The role of Trisomy 21 in causing specific speech and language
development is discussed by Paoloni-Giacobino and colleagues in a recent
report of the development of a 14 year old girl with mosaic Down
syndrome.
Exceptional reading among young people with Down syndrome
It seems unlikely that a child with Down syndrome will have age-appropriate reading
skills yet show significant delay on measures of verbal and non-verbal mental age
yet this is the pattern reported by Margriet Groen and colleagues in a detailed
case study. This is a detailed and fascinating paper that provides a detailed account
of the skills of a reader with Down syndrome. Reading ability is not the only strength
observed. Exceptional speech skills, visual and verbal short-term memory skills
and better expressive grammar are noted.
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