Research Article

What's going on with this here research article?
I found this one on the internet that is called "Kids With Down Syndrome Learn Language Behind Adolescence." It focuses on language development of down-syndrome children. For years psychologists have assumed that language learning for down-syndrome kids plateaus in the teenage years. It is true that language abilities for down-syndrome children varies moreso than normal children, but recent research has found that those language abilitities continue to improve into the young adult years.
So what with this new research?
With the assumed research of the last twenty years or so, teachers would ease off teaching more language skills to down-syndrome children. This kind of holds them back in a way, because they don't get enough opportunities to express themselves. When vocabulary and grammar aren't taught during this period of time, down-sydndrome children find it difficult to express themselves in social situations. Grammar and vocabulary should be continued to be taught to these exceptional students. It's also important to maintain the skills already learned during childhood.
Now what?
Chapman, the conductor of the study, mentions that down-syndrome children can accomplish a lot and that they shouldn't be held back because of a disability. It would take a good amount of government funding to have more qualified teachers teach a curriculum for this type of learner, but children with down-syndrome children will be able to be more successful linguistically, but overall.