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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses
I'm not sure it will. Afterall, I now hear "Lou Gerig's Disease" called "ALS" much more often (ignoring the fact that Lou Gerig might not have had ALS to begin with). I think the more people hear "Trisomy 21" the more they will use it, and eventually "Down's Syndrome" will fade away.
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Your post also shows the confusion with eponyms. ALS is also called Lou Gerig's Disease because he had the affliction, whereas Down Syndrome is not Down's Syndrome because Dr. Down did not have Trisomy 21. Even physicians get this wrong since my husband and I had this argument a couple months ago and he had to admit defeat.
