Why i made this website!
For this website, I made a website for parents who have children that may have Down Syndrome and Autism to help them get the help they may need. I chose this idea for this website because I was thinking about my little cousin and little brother and how other people don’t really get all the help they may need.
Did you know...
- Autism now affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys.
- Autism prevalence figures are growing.
- Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
- Autism costs a family an average of $60,000 a year for coverage and aid.
- Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases.
- Boys are nearly five times more likely than girls to have autism.
- There is no medical detection or cure for autism.
- Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition where a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21. This additional genetic material changes the course of development and causes the characteristics we have associated with Down Syndrome.
- The exact cause of the extra chromosome that triggers Down syndrome is unknown.
- One in every 691 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, making it the most common chromosomal condition.
- There are more than 400,000 people living with Down syndrome in the U.S.
- In 1983, the average life expectancy of a person with Down syndrome was a mere 25-years-old. Today, it’s 60.
- Children and adults with Down syndrome share some common features, but naturally the individuals will more closely resemble their immediate family members.
- Since the 1970s, public schools are required by law to provide a free and appropriate education to children with Down syndrome.
- It is estimated that 5,000 children are born with Down syndrome in the U.S. alone.
- The likelihood of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome increases with maternal age, however, 80% of babies with Down syndrome are born to women under 35 years of age because this age group gives birth most frequently.
- Roughly 25% of families in the U.S. are affected by Down syndrome.
- While behavior, mental ability, and physical development varies from person to person, many individuals with Down syndrome grow up to hold jobs, live independently, and enjoy normal recreational activities.