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Personal life. Jirau was born in Puerto Rico to Frankie Jirau and Mimi González. She is the second eldest of four children. [2][3][4][5] On April 29, 2020, on an Instagram Live, Jirau revealed she was in a relationship with Christopher González, a chef with Down Syndrome who owns a food truck. Both met at her job.
Pablo Pineda. Pablo Pineda (born 5 August 1974) is a Spanish actor who received the Concha de Plata Award at the 2009 San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance in the film Yo, también. [1] In the film, he plays the role of a university graduate with Down syndrome, which is quite similar to his real life.
Trisomy 21. Down syndrome (also known by the karyotype 47,XX,+21 for females and 47,XY,+21 for males) [98] is mostly caused by a failure of the 21st chromosome to separate during egg or sperm development, known as nondisjunction. [91] As a result, a sperm or egg cell is produced with an extra copy of chromosome 21; this cell thus has 24 ...
John Langdon Down. John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician best known for his description of the genetic condition now known as Down syndrome, which he originally classified in 1862. He is also noted for his work in social medicine and as a pioneer in the care of mentally disabled patients.
In realist literature, starting in the last third of the 19th century and for much of the 20th, homosexuality was seen in a negative light. [11] This was influenced by the theses of Italian positivism (Cesare Lombroso considered that homosexuality led to crime), [12] French degeneration (in authors such as Bénédict Morel, Valentin Magnan— [13] who rejected homosexuality because its spread ...
Maddie Down. Madeline Down (born 7 October 2007) [1] is a British athlete, who won the 100 metres T38 and long jump events at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has been selected for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
The decision took effect immediately, and made Colombia the fourth country in South America to legalize same-sex marriage, [1] after Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The first same-sex marriage was performed in Cali on 24 May 2016. [2] Colombia has also recognised same-sex de facto unions, providing some of the rights and benefits of marriage ...
downs@cmu.edu. (412) 268-1862 George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University 208 Porter Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15213 gL20@andrew.cmu.edu 412.268.8787. We thank the USDA Economic Research Service and the Center for Behavioral Decision. Research at Carnegie Mellon University for financial support, and Howard Seltman, Jay.