research+guidelines

= = In order to fully understand the history of the right to marry, we need to do background research. To make this task more organized we have created a wiki and divided it into multiple research topics relevant to our project.
 * 1) Sign up for a topic to research on the (spreadsheet?).
 * 2) Go to the page for your topic and click edit to begin writing notes about what you have discovered through your research on that topic.
 * 3) At the top of the page, write your name and underline it.
 * 4) Be sure to include in MLA format full bibliographic info on relevant sources.
 * 5) You may write in prose form or in organized notes or outline, as long as:
 * 6) what you say will make sense to any other intelligent reader
 * 7) you consistently CITE YOUR SOURCES as you go

We may already have some information on the topics added to the wiki, but it is your job to fill out the pages so that we can have a deeper understanding of the topic. Feel free to add relevant information that you come across to a page you are not signed up for (just be sure to add your name, to include and cite sources, etc.) We will have a deadline for your research to be finished. The sources that you find will be of considerable help both to us and to the subbies working on this project.

Sample research notes from another project:

__Vinay Koshy__ Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes delays in physical development and mental retardation. Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of learning disabilities in children. Down syndrome varies greatly in severity and can be very serious or moderate. Common symptoms are a slightly flattened face, a short neck, a small head, upward slanting eyes, poor muscle tone, short broad hands, and excessive flexibility. Children with Down Syndrome reach milestones like learning to walk or crawl later than most children and may have mild mental retardation. While originally babies with DS were not expected to live past 10, the lifespan for a person with DS now is about 50 years or more depending on the severity of the case (Mayo Clinic Staff).

Down Syndrome was first characterized as a mental disability in 1862 by John Langdon Down. Down believed people with DS shared similar physical qualities with Mongolians, so people with DS were often called "mongoloids.' DS had been observed long before John Down, but it had never before been recognized as an actual disorder. In 1953 the cause of DS was finally discovered by Jerome Lejeune. By the 20th Century Down Syndrome had become the most recognizable disability and with the rise of eugenics, 33 of the states required people with DS to be sterilized. In the decades after World War II this policy was repealed, and by 1965 the World Health Organization agreed to stop using "mongolism" in reference to DS (News Medical).

The chance of a baby having DS is more likely in older mothers. At age 35 the chance of having a baby with DS is around 1 in 400, but by 45 the chance increase to 1 in 35. If a mother has already had one baby with DS, there is a 1 in 100 chance her next child will also have it (Mayo Clinic Staff).

Down Syndrome is usually not inherited; it comes from a mistake in development during the development of the embryo. There are three possible forms of this mistake. The first and most common is called Trisomy 21, where the embryo has three copies of the 21st chromosome instead of the usual two copies. Another rarer form is called Mosaic Down Syndrome, where some cells have an extra 21st chromosome but others don't. The third form is known as Translocation Down Syndrome in which the 21st chromosome becomes attached to another chromosome. This form is also quite uncommon though not as rare as Mosaic Down Syndrome. Translocation Down Syndrome is the only form that can be inherited, and about 2% of Down Syndrome patients inherit this form of Down Syndrome (Mayo Clinic Staff).

Currently there is no treatment for DS, but therapists of different kinds can help a child develop motor and language skills. Children with DS will typically take twice the age of a typically developing child to reach various milestones like learning how to talk, but early intervention problems can speed up this process (Mayo Clinic Staff).

Bibliography

"Down Syndrome History." News Medical. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <[|__http://www.news-medical.net/health/Down-Syndrome-History.aspx__]>.

Mayo Clinic Staff. "Down Syndrome - MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <[|__http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/down-syndrome/DS00182/__] DSECTION=prevention>