ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
When Abigail Adams was a baby, she began losing weight. Pediatricians diagnosed her with "failure to thrive," which means she wasn't growing like she should. It turned out Adams has Down syndrome. That's a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of one's 21st chromosome. It results in a variety of developmental issues including low muscle tone and intellectual disability. After Adams' diagnosis, her parents worked very hard to help her gain weight and grow-and it worked! When she was a child, it took Adams a little longer than her non-disabled peers to learn to walk and swim and ride a bike, as well as to read and write.
But there's no stopping her now. At 23, she's the first woman with Down syndrome to complete a sprint triathlon. This Team USA event includes a half-mile (800 m) swim, a 10.2-mile (16 km) bike ride, and a 3.1-mile (5 km) run.
Adams lives in Florida with her family. She has appeared in commercials for Disney World, Universal Studios, and Nike. She's modeled at New York Fashion Week. And she's given speeches to Google executives and in front of thousands of spectators at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. With her upbeat attitude, she motivates people around the world to change their perspectives about those with intellectual disabilities.
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Who's Your Cousin?
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To figure out if we can die of boredom, we first have to understand what boredom is. For help, we called James Danckert, a psychologist who studies boredom at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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SERGE WICH
Serge Wich’s favorite days at work are spent out in the forest, studying orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo or chimpanzees in Tanzania.
ELODIE FREYMANN
When you’re feeling sick, it probably doesn’t occur to you to try eating tree bark.
Guardians of the Forest
EARLY, MAKESHIFT WILDLIFE DRONES HELPED TO DETECT AND PROTECT ORANGUTANS.
APE ANTICS
The Whirling World of primate play
Dr. Ape Will See You Now
HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY PRIMATES THAT USE MEDICATION.
THE LEFT OVERS
A lot has happened for modern humans to get to this point. We lost most of our hair, learned how to make tools, established civilizations, sent a person to the Moon, and invented artificial intelligence. Whew! With all of these changes, our bodies have changed, too. It’s only taken us about six million years.
SO, WHAT IS A PRIMATE?
What do you have in common with the aye-aye, sifaka, siamang, and potto? If you said your collarbone, you re probably a primatologist—a person who studies primates. If you’re not, read on.