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devaluation

people who are valued less important than other people.

Disability

The result of the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and
environmental barriers. Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical,
mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, when in interaction with various barriers, may
hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

Discrepancy

Inconsistency, mismatch between two things

Dispotition

Disposition (from lat .: dispositio = "division", "assignment", "arrangement", "administration", "disposition" [dispositio omnipotens], "fate" [fateful], "line-up", "outline", "plan" ) stands for:     the predisposition or susceptibility of an organism to certain diseases, see disposition (medicine)

Diversity

Recognising and valuing differences between individuals and groups of people - an
important concept in terms of the integration of people with disabilities into society.

Down syndrome

Down syndrome is a congenital combination of various mental disorders and physical
malformations of widespread symptoms caused by a gene mutation
(chromosome aberration / polyploidy) in which the entire 21st chromosome or parts thereof
are present in triplicate (trisomy). This chromosome anomaly is referred to as trisomy 21.

With increasing age of the mother (especially from the 35th year of age) increases the risk
of a trisomy 21 of the child.