Building Social Supports: A Guide for Parents
Limited social skills, social anxiety, and an often narrow range of interests contribute to the difficulties of making new friends.
Target and Tommy Hilfiger introduce adaptive clothing for people with special needs
Both Target and Tommy Hilfiger are announcing new adaptive clothing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities. Target releases their adaptive clothing for children under their Cat & Jack brand. These clothes include removable [...]
Visual Wizardry: Using Visual Supports to Change your Child’s Life
Visual supports help translate the environment and expectations to an individual with FXS without requiring direct processing of language. This type of information can be processed quickly. Visual supports remain present, so they can be referred to more than one time, whereas verbal directions might be heard and then forgotten. Learning to use visual supports can help alleviate anxiety for the person with FXS and frustration for the person providing support.
Married…With (Fragile X) Children
One of the most prevailing fears for a couple when their child has a disability is that their marriage will be affected; perhaps it will likely end. In fact, one of the things couples are [...]
Fragile X Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Similarities and Differences
It is important to note that it is more common for a child to be diagnosed with ASD and then to receive an additional diagnosis of FXS.
Spotlight on LINKS Group: Families for Fragile X
When their son Matthew was diagnosed with Fragile X at the age of 14 months Michele & Paul Kaplan's world crumbled. Thankfully, they were able to attend the International Fragile X Conference in Atlanta two [...]