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What is Epilepsy?
20% of children with intellectual disabilities develop this disorder.
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What is FASD?
Alexithymia is a chore characteristic
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What is FASD?
This disorder is due to maternal drinking.
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What is Epilepsy?
This disorder is due to synchronous firing of brain tissue in an abnormal manner
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What is Down Syndrome
Alzheimer's Disease is highly common amongst older individuals with this disorder
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What is FASD?
9 in 1000 Canadian births have this disorder
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What is Prader-Willi Syndrome?
Insatiable hunger due to abnormalities in the hypothalamus.
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What is Down Syndrome?
This disorder is due to an additional chromosome 21.
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What is FASD?
Differences with the palpebral fissure, philtrum, and thin upper lip are associated with this disorder
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What is Angelman Syndrome?
This is the most common disorder that co-occurs with Epilepsy.
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What is Down Syndrome?
About 1 in 750 live births display this disorder
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What is the Prodromal phase?
This phase in epilepsy occurs in 70% of the individuals and is experienced with auras.
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What is greater than 200?
Full Mutation of Fragile X occurs with this many CGG repetitions
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What is Angelman Syndrome?
This disorder is highly recognized due to the persistent happy expression and social smile.
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What is ADHD?
This is the most common disorder that co-occurs with FASD
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What is Angelman Syndrome?
1 in 15000 Canadian's have this disorder and is found equally in both sexes.
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What is Down Syndrome?
The distinctive cognitive deceleration is seen in this disorder
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What is Epilepsy?
This disorder arises from scar tissue on the brain or areas of localized damage.
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What are mild to moderate intellectual disability ranges?
Individuals with full mutation Fragile X typically function in these cognitive ranges.
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What is Prader-Willi Syndrome?
Obesity and other physical conditions.
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What is Tourette's Disorder?
As many as 1 in 100 individuals have a mild form.
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What is William's Syndrome?
Individual's have a distinctive star shaped pattern in their irises, broad forehead, broad mouth, and wide spaced teeth.
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What is Angelman Syndrome
This disorder stems from abnormalities on chromosome 15 in which the genetic information from the mother is deleted.
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What is growth hormone deficiency?
The short stature in Prader-Willi Syndrome is due to this.
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What is Tourette's Disorder?
ADHD, OCD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Depression are common.
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