Don't call the Down syndrome patient "Mangolian"

in #health7 years ago

Until 1965 the name of Down's Syndrome was Mongolian Idiocy, Mongolism, Mongoloid, etc..

After that The World Health Organization (WHO) resolved to abandon the term in 1965 at the request of the Mongolian People's Republic.

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