Do people with Down’s syndrome have incredible strength? because a person you know almost had his wrist turned over by a child with Down’s syndrome only 8 years old
I’m no expert, but my understanding is most people with Down Syndrome have low muscle tone and are weaker than average. Someone else can provide the correct medical reason for this. I would probably get that part wrong.
I knew about the poor muscle tone before (from going to camp as a kid and dealing with some children with that condition) but I learned a bit more today.
Source: Down Syndrome: Musculoskeletal Effects - OrthoInfo - AAOS
I do not believe this is the case with every person with Down’s syndrome. It appears the child you are talking about doesn’t have that, and given the level of strength might grow up to be an athlete.
Any given person is actually quite a bit physically stronger then they themselves believe, primarily because they will experience intense pain when they begin to approach their physical limit.
People with Down’s syndrome typically have a reduced or delayed pain response, so they may keep flexing well beyond the point that a “normal” person would stop.
My mom worked with special needs kids in school. She would talk about how surprisingly strong some of the kids would seem to be, too. It’s why it could be so hard to contain a single kid if he had violent outbursts.
The thing is, our bodies are stronger than we think, but we tend to hold back because we know it will hurt. An example of this: go ahead and try to bite your tongue. It’s really hard to do, right? But surely you’ve done it on accident before, and seen how bad it can hurt.
The theory then is that these kids just don’t hold back. They don’t anticipate that it will hurt them. Heck, in the case of those with severe autism or physiological disorders, they may even process the pain differently. Not only does this let them bypass what normally holds us back, but repeated use can even allow them to build up strength faster than expected.
how to explain this?
The tongue is just a piece of raw meat. I’ve seen a video of a person having a grand-mal epileptic seizure; they managed to bite all the way through their tongue (yes, there was a lot of blood). So yes, the strength of our muscles in general exceeds what we usually ask of them.
Does this mean that people with intellectual disabilities such as Down’s syndrome and severe autism have no limits?
No-It means you found a You Tube video.
Everyone has limits, even if the limit is damage rather than pain. (For instance, if you damage your leg but keep running, eventually you’ll damage it so much you cannot run because the leg will no longer operate, even if for some reason you aren’t feeling pain.)
Furthermore many people with Down’s syndrome have poor muscle tone, and not every person with Down’s syndrome or autism can ignore pain. Indeed, not feeling pain is more of a disability than a special ability. And some people with autism seem to have sharper senses, so maybe they would feel more pain.
What do you think this video demonstrates?
why do some people say that people with Down’s syndrome are very strong even though they have weak weak muscle tone?
Who says this?
Well, @Red59145 says it. Why he says it, you’d have to ask him.
my question is: can you have strength even if you have low muscle tone like people with Down’s syndrome?
I believe the original question was:
And there have been answers in this thread concerning atrophied muscles and the ability to feel pain. What answer are you wanting to see?
are people with Down’s syndrome very strong? . I would like to have someone’s opinion on this video
^^^You know that was staged, right?
I kind of feel like the OP is asking if “retard strength” is an actual thing.
What do you think of this video ? is it rigged?