The Ministry of Education’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Unit in observance of Trisomy Awareness Month and World Down Syndrome Day yesterday hosted a virtual conversation.
Since 2006, World Down Syndrome Day has been observed each year on March 21 to create awareness. This year, the campaign theme is “What does inclusion mean”.
Leading the discussion was Education Officer, SEN in Region Five, Akeisha Benjamin. During the conversation, over 100 educators were engaged on the causes of Down Syndrome, its symptoms and how to teach persons who have been diagnosed with it, a release from the ministry said.
Trisomy is a congenital disorder that occurs when there are three copies of a chromosome instead of the typical two. Down Syndrome is one of the best known instances of trisomy.
