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Saldarriaga, Wilmar; Ruiz, Fabian Andres; Tassone, Flora; Hagerman, Randi – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Down syndrome (DS) and Fragile X syndrome (FXS) are the major genetic causes of intellectual disabilities. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-old woman with the diagnosis of both FXS and DS. She is the daughter of a 47-year-old pre-mutation woman who also has three sons with FXS. Methods: Cytogenetic testing detected the presence of…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Genetic Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Females
Smith, Leann E.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Health symptoms of mothers of adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (FXS; n = 112) were compared to a nationally-representative sample of mothers of similarly-aged children without disabilities (n = 230) as well as to a sample of mothers of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 96). Health symptoms experienced in…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Comparative Analysis, Children, Diaries
Hartley, Sigan L.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Head, Lara; Abbeduto, Leonard – Family Relations, 2012
The psychological well-being of fathers of children with developmental disabilities remains poorly understood. The present study examined depressive symptoms, pessimism, and coping in fathers of adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome (DS;n = 59), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs;n = 135), and Fragile X syndrome (n = 46). Fathers of sons or…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Daughters, Autism, Developmental Disabilities
Gross, Carol M. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2011
When the author adopted her son, she was an early childhood educator with a Master's Degree who had taught young children for eight years and directed a child care and infant-toddler center for seven. She thought she knew something about children. Actually, she had a great deal to learn. It took years for her to learn about his needs. He slowly…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Rearing, Young Children, Student Needs
Yeh-Kennedy, Mei – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2008
Autism awareness is spreading like wildfire. Diagnoses have increased at an astounding rate. The statistic most often quoted is that 1 child in 150 has autism. As if the high rate of autism diagnoses were not worrisome enough, many doctors are not properly trained, or kept up to date, on how to detect autism at the earliest possible age. In many…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Disability Identification, Sons
Greenberg, Jan S.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Hong, Jinkuk; Orsmond, Gael I. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
Expressed emotion measures the emotional climate of the family and is predictive of symptom levels in a range of medical and psychiatric conditions. This study extends the investigation of the effects of expressed emotion to families of individuals with autism. A sample of 149 mothers co-residing with their adolescent or adult child with autism…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adolescents, Adults