How did the term “mongoloid” come about to mean someone . . . - Reddit How did the term “mongoloid” come about to mean someone with Down syndrome? I mean how did the root ‘mongol’ go from being ascribed to the Mongolian people to the term “mongoloid”? Sorry if I’m making that interpretation up
word choice - Mongoloid with reference to Downs syndrome - English . . . Dr John Langdon Down, who discovered Down’s syndrome in the 1860s, used “mongolism” and “mongoloid” to describe the syndrome as he stated that there were similar physical characteristics of people with Down’s syndrome to people from Mongolia and Mongoloid race (those of Asian ethnicity)
Did the term “mongoloid” only ever mean Down syndrome? Or . . . - Reddit The term "mongoloid" was only used to describe Down Syndrome, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that a baby born with some other condition that gave them similar features would have been misdiagnosed as "mongoloid"
The term “mongoloid” : r asianamerican - Reddit Has anyone else noticed the increased use of the term “Mongoloid” as a substitute for the r-word? To my understanding it is used recently to insinuate someone has Down syndrome or is a complete idiot Am I over complicating this by taking offense to it as an Asian-American and someone that doesn’t like terms that degrade people with intellectual disabilities such as the r-word
What should I say instead of Mongoloid? - Reddit What should I say instead of "Mongoloid"? I'm studying Oriental Studies at university In Japanese History class we were thought that to this islands emigrated different groups, two of them being Ancient Mongoloids and Modern Mongoloids (I'm from Argentina so maybe Ancient is not the English scientific term, idk)
Why do a lot of European languages use the word mongo or . . . - Reddit ""Mongoloid" has had a second usage, now generally avoided as highly offensive: until the late 20th century, people with Down syndrome were often referred to as "Mongoloids", or in terms of "Mongolian idiocy" or "Mongolian imbecility" The term was motivated by the observation that people with Down syndrome often have epicanthic folds Coined in 1908, the term remained in medical usage until
cmv: “Mongoloid” *should* be an acceptable word to . . . - Reddit cmv: “Mongoloid” *should* be an acceptable word to describe “Asian” people Before I start, I should clarify that I would never use the word because it is highly offensive I’m only arguing that it shouldn’t be offensive
did anyone else know this terminology? : r mongolia - Reddit Pretty much the entire English Speaking world knows this As it says, it’s an outdated term, but the term Mongoloid is still used in anthropomorphic science as the general skeletal characteristics of ancient people from Asia, as opposed to Negroid for those from Africa, and Caucasoid for those from Europe