Do East Asians Reflect Down’s Syndrome?

Paper title: Down subjects and Oriental population share several specific attitudes and characteristics.

Now here’s a quite fascinating hypothesis indeed!  Emphasis added:

Down's syndrome is characterized not only by a typical "habitus", mental retardation of variable gravity and several alterations of the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrenteric and immunitary system, but also by specific attitudes and characteristics that are in common with the Oriental population. Starting from the origin of the term mongolism, replaced with other terms such as Trisomy 21, Down's syndrome, and anomaly of Down because of the racist use made in the last century, we propose, in the light of modern knowledge about the heredity of features, a reflection on those aspects and attitudes which highlight a very particular twinning between a Down person and Asiatic peoples.

Some excerpts; emphasis added:

The incidence of thyroid disease in the Down population is another aspect that may be highlighted since it recall the Asiatic population. In fact, thyroid disorders are common in the Down’s syndrome… In several studies about the incidence of thyroid disorders in the Asiatic populations, childhood Grave’s disease has been reported to be rare, but epidemiological data showed to be higher in Hong Kong children...Another study observed that one large Chinese family harboured susceptibility loci for autoimmune thyroid disease which is distinct from those previously found in the Caucasian population…The tendencies of Down subjects to carry out recreative–reabilitative activities, such as embroidery, wicker-working ceramics, book-binding, etc.,that is renowned, remind the Chinese hand-crafts, which need a notable ability, such as Chinese vases or the use of chop-sticks employed for eating by Asiatic populations. Perhaps the explanation for their capacities resides in the monkey-like cast of the hand…Also this characteristic of the Down syndrome may be considered a point in common with oriental populations…Conclusion These observations might highlight very interesting aspects connected to the supernumerary chromosome 21 in Down’s syndrome, whereas they are natural features of Asians…

The basic hypothesis here, as I understand it, is that the superficial similarities in physical appearance between Down's syndrome individuals and East Asians reflect deeper, more fundamental similarities between those two populations.  Now, obviously, this isn't about intelligence since, as the HBDers and others of their ilk never tire of telling us, East Asians have a high, high, high IQ.  However, there may be similarities of physiology and of behavior that correlate with the "Mongoloid" appearance.  Could selective pressures during East Asian evolution resulted in a physiological and behavioral profile that overlaps with that of retardates?  One could further speculate on associations between East Asians and autism spectrum personalities as well.

No surprise that the paper discussed here was labeled "racist" by outraged Orientals.

So, is Amren going to discuss this hypothesis after they've finished publishing some idiot spewing forth his subjective personal opinions about how terrible Romanians are?