White Plains, CT (PressExposure) August 20, 2010 -- A guide written especially for parents who have Down's Syndrome affected children has been made available for free download through the DownSyndromeHelp.org website. This philanthropic website has filled the eBook with information on how parents can cope with these specially challenged children and what they can do to make their lives better. There are various real-life examples mentioned in the eBook along with advice and comments from established people in the medical arena.
"The eBook tries to establish a very special bond between these sufferers of the syndrome and their parents," said one of the editors on the website's panel who didn't wish to be named. "When parents find out that their children are afflicted by this condition, they usually assume it's the end of the tether. However, with the help of some careful approaches, this condition can be coped with and the children can be given a more fruitful life to live. This eBook tells people how that can be done."
The eBook is available for free download at http://downsyndromehelp.org/. The people running the website maintain that this eBook does not provide any curative method for this syndrome and nor does it trivialize the condition. It only helps people understand this situation better so that they can forge a stronger bond with their challenged children.
In some ways, the eBook goes beyond the conventional notions of this syndrome. In particular, it makes a statement about Down Syndrome not being a rare disorder but says that it is a very common condition that manifests itself in every 1 in 800 births. The website contains several such snippets from the eBook, including information on the incidence rate of the condition, a list of prenatal tests that can be used to determine the presence of the condition in the fetus and others.
For parents trying to cope with their children who have this condition, various important issues have been addressed in the eBook. In particular, an entire section of the eBook is devoted to speech therapy and how it can be used to teach the children things such as language. The guide also contains suggestions on making this syndrome afflicted children understand compensatory movement patterns and develop their motor skill. Ways that parents can implement to make their challenged children lead a more independent life are also mentioned in the downloadable eBook.
Apart from this syndrome, the guide also carries information on related disorders such as ADHD and certain behavioral problems that affect children.