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...author of these lines is Allan Schenkein, a 39-year-old with an IQ of less than 75 and one of 150,000 Americans who surfer from mongolism or Down's syndrome, a common form of severe retardation (TIME, May 8). Mongoloids are born with 47 chromosomes instead of the normal 46, usually have slanting eyes and small heads, and never grow very tall. Until recently, they were almost invariably put away in institutions, where they languished as near vegetables. What is different about Allan and a growing number of other mongoloids is that they have been lovingly nurtured...
...current issue of the Exceptional Parent, Allan's father, William Schenkein, writes a tribute to his son. Patiently, Schenkein and his wife Selma taught him to feed, dress and look after himself and sent him to special day schools where he learned the rudiments of reading, writing and arithmetic. Now Allan travels alone by public bus to a simple job doing light factory work in a Denver agency for the retarded. More important, he has become a "sturdy, happy, friendly, cooperative person with a good sense of humor, good manners and a good sense of responsibility...
...Allan's new ability to express his thoughts, the elder Schenkein says: "He loves it. It is another pleasure that he has in life...
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