{"id":868,"date":"2017-12-01T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/?p=868"},"modified":"2021-02-15T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:26:14","slug":"doctors-need-to-look-beyond-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2017\/12\/01\/doctors-need-to-look-beyond-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors need to look beyond Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The full article is available in the following formats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Click to download<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-primary-background-color no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/DSA_Article_December_2017_Doctors_need_to_look_beyond_Down_syndrome.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-primary-background-color no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/DSA_Article_December_2017_Doctors_need_to_look_beyond_Down_syndrome.docx\">WORD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr Michael Freelander MP<\/strong> is the Federal member for Macarthur for the Australian Labor Party  and has been a paediatrician in Campbelltown for 32 years (at the time of publication). Here Michael acknowledges the tendency for some doctors to fail to look past the diagnosis of Down syndrome when treating their patients \u2013 known as \u2018diagnostic overshadowing\u2019. Michael encourages people with Down syndrome and their families to choose medical professionals who look at the whole person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u2018Because, as paediatricians we have tended to concentrate on developmental issues, it is my view that some other long term issues can be overlooked such as growth, weight gain, the need for regular (yearly) vision and hearing checks, bone health, and lack of exercise.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-two_column\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/headshot-490x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/headshot-490x280.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/headshot-1015x580.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/headshot-595x340.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full article is available in the following formats Click to download Dr Michael Freelander MP is the Federal member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,45],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-down-syndrome","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}