Practical and social skills of 16–19-year-olds with Down syndrome: Independence still far away

Survival of children with Down syndrome (DS) has improved considerably, but insight into their level of daily functioning upon entering adulthood is lacking. We collected cross-sectional data from a Dutch nationwide cohort of 322 DS adolescents aged 16-19 (response 62.8%) to assess the degree to which they master various practical and social...

Growth, development and social functioning of individuals with Down syndrome [groei, ontwikkeling en sociaal functioneren van kinderen en jongeren met Downsyndroom]

In this thesis, four studies on children and adolescents with Down syndrome are described. The first study showed that the number of live births of children with Down syndrome in the Netherlands remained stable over the period 1997-2007 on 14.6 per 10,000 births. Of these, 85% were live born. In the second study is observed that growth...