| ▲ | barbazoo 2 days ago |
| What is “normal development”? And doesn’t that describe the process, not the outcome? If the outcome is happiness, who knows who has it better?! |
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| ▲ | mathgeek 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| While "what is normal" is a reasonable question, a normal development is certainly closer to something that allows folks to achieve most things in any career/hobby/pursuit they choose. |
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| ▲ | smeej 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Do you really see that as a "norm" being met by a majority of the population today? I don't think most people's lived experience is anything like that. | | |
| ▲ | mathgeek a day ago | parent [-] | | Normal being closer to what I said than what is usually achievable for folks with extra chromosomes? Yes, I do. I didn’t say it _was_ that anyone can achieve anything. |
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| ▲ | UltraSane 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Normal development starts with having the normal number of chromosomes. I would think this is elementary biology. |
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| ▲ | barbazoo 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I think of it as more of a probability question. There is a much greater chance of a person having two copies of chromosome 21 instead of three. "Normal" often carries some form of judgement but I guess technically you are correct to use the word. | | |
| ▲ | UltraSane 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | No. Having two copies of each chromosome is NORMAL. Having 3 is NOT normal. Being completely unwilling to make normative statements seems rather cowardly. |
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| ▲ | jojobas 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Such that doesn't see you infertile and dead by 30. |
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