Comments on: Do Kids with Down syndrome Stop Developing Intellectually at 12?

By: Doris Lawson

Doris Lawson — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:36:31 +0000

Hey, Amy, my 48 year old DS daughter Molly has been living with a bilingual family for two years and is beginning to understand and speak Spanish. Also learning how to bead with her new “mother” and makes fabulous jewelry. She participates in Detour Theatre and manages to learn new stage moves twice a year. So far no Alzheimer’s, but her OCD is getting stronger. She has job skills she learned in the last couple of years, too. I don’t know if that is intellectual development our just training, but I wouldn’t worry about it.

By: Amysilverman

Amysilverman — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:20:30 +0000

Yes, Danielle, advances in Alzheimer’s may help people with DS. Mostly what’s going on is research done on people with DS that focuses on Alzheimer’s, because it’s a population in which the pre-Alzheimer’s markers are pretty much almost present. It’s pretty fascinating!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:42:33 +0000

If the gene of DS is related to the cause of plaque in Alzheimer’s, then I wonder if any advance with Alzheimer’s would also benefit any DS person? It seems like new developments are coming year by year:

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/protein-treatment-protects-alzheimers-disease-symptoms/

By: Liz Tree

Liz Tree — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:27:37 +0000

I think I need to bake a pie….wheat free maybe .as there may be a link between alziehmers, aluminum and celiac… oy ok let’s start baking… I can barely deal with your post but some day I will think about it. YET I have heard Sue Buckley speak and she said her child absolutely continued learning, even at an accelerated rate after she was an adult.

Ok what kind of pie….

PS I love your blog Thanks

By: Kathleen Frye

Kathleen Frye — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 03:32:31 +0000

My sis, Barbara, is now 56 yrs old. She lives with me and has numerous medical problems, besides having Down Syndrome. I had to google IEP. Never heard of it. But I detect Alzheimers or senility or just plain confusion.
It’s hard on our mother who lives next door. I tell her what’s happening with Barbara, but she thinks I’m exaggerating. Maybe she has it too.