Posts Tagged ‘Mentally retarded’

World Autism Awareness Day 2011

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

The 2nd of April every year is being celebrated as World Autism Awareness Day since the last 4 years. According to statistics, nearly 67 million people across the globe are suffering from autism. Males are 4 times more likely to suffer from this condition as compared to females. There seems to be a strong hereditary [...]

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World Down Syndrome Day 2011

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day to create more awareness about this genetic disorder. Down syndrome is the most common abnormality of autosomal chromosomes in humans. It is a condition in which the twenty-first set of chromosomes has three instead of two chromosomes.  It occurs in 1 out of 600 to 800 live [...]

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