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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can someone with Fragile X have Aspergers?

SallyN
Posted: 02 Nov 2013, 1:05 pm 

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According to all sources that I have read... Fragile x is often misdiagnosed as autism until proper testing is done... However, autistic spectrum disorders and fragile x cannot be co-morbid conditions. Sorry I must disagree on behalf of the numerous individuals who have a true dual diagnosis of Aut...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can someone with Fragile X have Aspergers?

SallyN
Posted: 01 Nov 2013, 11:44 am 

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Yes, someone with fragile X could have Aspergers and vice versa, someone who has Aspergers could have fragile X. Fragile X is a genetic condition but one must keep in mind fragile X is very much like autism in that it is a spectrum disorder, individuals could be very high or low functioning. An indi...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Fragile X Syndrome

SallyN
Posted: 14 Oct 2013, 4:05 pm 

Replies: 4
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I have a son with a dual diagnosis of fragile X and autism. FragileX is an excellent site (credible and accurate) for fragile X, if you would like to learn more I also recommend the following sites (especially when it comes to inheritance.) This forum won't let me list the links, sorry, connect with...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: do all people with ASDs have a fragile x premutation gene?

SallyN
Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 6:32 am 

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Didacticity Very good points! As for the Southern Blot, it's excellent at identifying full mutations, those with over 200 CGG repeats but may often miss premutations. PCR ananlys which is sometimes done with Southern Blot is excellent at identifying pre-mutations (CGG repeats between 55-200) but may...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: do all people with ASDs have a fragile x premutation gene?

SallyN
Posted: 28 Jul 2010, 7:21 pm 

Replies: 9
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Suggestion - please, please don't use Wikipedia. Best sources on the web: fragileX dot org, fraxa. dot org, pubmed dot gov if you'd like to search research abstracts, pubmedcentral dot gov if you'd like to search full NIH funded studies articles. As for a peer-reviewed, research supported site I'd u...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: showing traits of fragile x and aspergers

SallyN
Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 10:44 am 

Replies: 11
Views: 5,449
The most important thing one must understand about Fragile X is like autism it is a spectrum disorder, individuals may have little or no symptoms, or they could have severe symptoms. You could have fragile X, a full mutation, and NOT have cognitive impairment, you could be very high functioning, esp...
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