Hello P.Greenwood. My son attends a school for children with special needs (he has Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome), where there are Asian and black children with Down syndrome. nuova1, my son's syndrome has often been misspelt by paediatricians, doctors and teachers, but as far as I'm concerned, as long as I am getting the answers I need about his syndrome, it doesn't really matter. I was feeling quite positive whilst reading the replies from Smudge, etc, but 'Who does this know it all think he/she is?' came to mind as I started to read your replies. We all have our own levels of knowledge about syndromes, etc, so please try not to belittle people for simply expressing themselves, in their own way.