II. Fragile X Syndrome and Education ………………………………............... 6

III. Cognitive Deficits Associated with Fragile X Syndrome ……………………… 7

IV. Biomedical Advances in Developmental Psychology: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome 9

V. Characteristics of Fragile X Relatives with Different Attitudes Toward Terminating an Affected Pregnancy ………………………………................................................... 11

VI. Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research ……………………..…. 13

VII. Rapid Antibody Test for Fragile X Syndrome ………………………………........ 14

VIII. My Summary ………………………………............................................... 15

RESOURCES ………………………………....................……………………….. 17

FRAGILE X SYNDROME: A Guide for Teachers of Young Children

Awareness of Fragile X has increased, mainly because the gene that leads to the syndrome has been recently discovered. Teachers and other people working with children are generally not aware of th

In my research, I have learned a lot about this inherited syndrome. It is caused by a mutation of the X chromosome where the trinucleotide CGG has repeated itself anywhere from 50 to over 200 times. An individual with a CGG repeat of 50 to 200 is considered mildly to moderately affected, whereas and individual who has over 200 repeats is considered to be severely affected.

In a study of female relatives of individuals with Fragile X syndrome, women were grouped according to how they answered the question of whether they would terminate a pregnancy if they knew the baby would be affected by the Fragile X syndrome or not, demographic information, their knowledge of the syndrome, awareness of their risk for having an affected child, factors they considered important in family-planning decisions, and the enormity of individual problems they perceived to be associated with raising an affected child.

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