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Why were people with Down syndrome called Mongoloids?

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Down's contemporaries were also sceptical of his theories and started to use the term “so-called Mongolian idiot” in medical papers. For the next hundred years, mongol was used to describe someone with Down's syndrome. read more

People with Down Syndrome are no longer referred to as Mongoloids.) Other races have been subsequently added: eg Bush men and Australian aborigines. P.S. please read Peter Foster's answer, which has many more historical details. read more

The faces of the Down syndrome people looked like the Mongols of Asia, who were considered very undeveloped and unintelligent. So people thought they were a throwback and called them Mongoloids, both as a reference to their appearance and their supposedly unevolved intelligence. read more

I think those who don’t know people with Down syndrome used to be called “mongoloids” only because of the similar appearance (eye shape or whatever) would get an idea that mongoloid people were actually all alike them. read more

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