User:Whitneyaj/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the artiDown's syndrome, cle here.)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because of my interest in developmental delays, and disability. I am also still working on deciding what to focus on.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article gives a good basic definition of the disorder. With details such as risk factors, symptoms, and different forms of the disorder. In reading the article, I found no unnecessary material. All information was relevant to the topic. In looking within the history and citations, I found everything to be up to date. With citations as recent as 2024. I did not notice any missing information within the article. This article does media in the form of photos of people with Down's Syndrome. In the talk section of this article I found there had been some edits to correct basic grammatical errors. Other edits challenged that the existing Wikipedia article reinforced the existing stigma and misunderstandings that society has of those with down's syndrome. Examples of these misunderstandings referenced the IQ and functional abilities of people with Down's Syndrome. I am prone to agree with these challenged points of views. Because like with most disabilities Down's Syndrome falls upon a spectrum of abilities. Where some may be low functioning, with low IQ'S. Others may be high functioning, with a few learning delays or disabilities. This opinion comes from my personal experience in knowing people with Down's Syndrome and other disabilities, and not research.