Down syndrome: a literature review

Abstract

The text brings a literature review about Down Syndrome, for this we rely on the theoretical basis of Mantoan (2006), Diniz (2012), Voivodic (2013), Otto, Otto and Pessoa (2004), among others. This summary is characterized as a bibliographic research, which aims to: understand the bibliographic production on Down Syndrome; discuss the processes of integration and inclusion and point out what the legislation says about inclusion and the rights of these people. Down Syndrome is a chromosomal alteration, thus a genetic alteration, which causes some physical and mental changes in these people, as well as in the development of these that occurs over a longer period, and therefore, it is necessary an early stimulation. However, inclusion is a slow process, which has recently been legally supported, but it still faces many difficulties and, therefore, there is still a lot to be done so that inclusion actually occurs, without it being a disguised exclusion. In addition to the changes in the physical space of the institutions, it is also necessary to train professionals who deal with the aforementioned public.