L'acteur trisomique

[lollardfish]

Simyo - Le Theatre 42''
by simyofrance

This is a French cell-phone ad starting an actor with Down syndrome. He is, as a French advocacy group has commented, just a "citizen like any other." Apparently it's the 50th anniversary of the French discovery of the cause of Down Syndrome (by a Father LeJeune, hence not using Down syndrome as the phase). Also, I love the adjective "trisomique" (trisomic). I intend to start using it.

Article here.

h/t to neogrammarian.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Okay, then. But there are lots of examples: elderly vs senior citizen, invalid/handicapped/something else, etc.

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[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I've been pondering this. "Mongoloid" or "Retarded" actually both sound right to me, except that they are pejorative.

Down syndrome child just sounds wrong.