The challenges of toilet training can be magnified for families of children with Fragile X syndrome. It's not simply that toilet training is delayed, it often requires specific behavioral techniques that address their physical and behavioral phenotypes.
Dr. Yankowitz discusses the adult transitions you want to start planning well before your child ages out of services. Dr. Yankowitz has more than 30 years experience working with families of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Kristin Burgess Watson highlights some common feeding difficulties ranging from over-stuffing to picky eating that individuals with Fragile X struggle with and suggests some strategies to make mealtime more successful for your family.
An at-a-glance resource, combining our professional expertise plus insights and perspectives of families from the NFXF community based on their personal, first-hand experiences with the IEP process.
A new study reveals that increasing CGG repeat length in the premutation range (55–200 repeats) doesn’t necessarily put one at increasing risk of psychiatric disorders — the relationship is more complex.
