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Autism
Rett Syndrome
Savant Syndrome
Mental Retardation
Down Syndrome
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A developmental disability affecting verbal and non verbal communication and social interaction evident before age 3 that adversely affects a child's performance.
What is Autism
100
affects only females, chromosomal, if a male usually has this he dies at birth.
What is Rett Syndrome
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Exceedingly rare, but remarkable condition in which persons with autism, or other serious mental handicaps, or major mental illness have astonishing islands of ability or brilliance that stand out in stark contrast to their overall disability.
What is Savant Syndrome
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is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors.
What is Mental Retardation
100
Is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. Can be identified in a baby at birth, or by prenatal screening.
What is Down Syndrome
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A family of five disorders including Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative disorder, and Persuasive Developmental Disorder
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder
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regression, seizures, loss of speech and motor skills.
What is Symptoms of Rett Syndrome
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Where the individual displays a high level of ability that is in contrast to their disability.
What is Talented Savant
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An abnormal metabolic disorder that causes the absence of a particular enzyme in the liver and leads to a build up of the amino acid phenylalanine.
What is PKU (Phenylketonuria)
200
The most common form of Down Syndrome
What is Trisomy 21
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Autism Spectrum Disorder is also referred to as this
What is Persuasive Developmental Disorders
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The age at which children start regression and having symptoms
What is 18 months
300
Involves a much rarer form, where the ability or brilliance is not only spectacular in contrast to the disability, but would be spectacular even if viewed in a non disabled person.
What is Prodigious Savant
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the most common form of inherited MR. Individuals with this condition have developmental delay, variable levels of MR, and behavioral and emotional difficulties. They may also have characteristic physical traits. Generally, males are affected with moderate mental retardation and females with mild mental retardation. Caused by a mutation in the FMR-1 gene, located on the X chromosome.
What is Fragile X Syndrome
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Another cause of Down Syndrome, child will have 46 pairs of chromosomes, but one pair breaks and the broken part fuses with another chromosome.
What is Translocation
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Responsible for misinformation about Autism and vaccines
What is Dr. Wakefield
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Occurs between ages 1 and 4. loss of purposeful hand movements and spoken language, episodic apnea and hyperventilation occur.
What is Rapid Destructive Phase
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Where the individual possesses specific skills that stand in contrast to their overall level of functioning.
What is Splinter skills
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A condition where the head is significantly smaller than normal. This is an effect from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
What is Microcephaly
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Is a medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and fetal infections, in which a small amount of amniotic fluid, which contains fetal tissues, is sampled from the amnion or amniotic sac surrounding a developing fetus, and the fetal DNA is examined for genetic abnormalities. Nuchal Translucency is another option.
What is Amniocentesis
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Type of Autism that has a range of functioning, can have average, high, or low IQ.
What is Classic Autism
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Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
What is Scoliosis
500
One of the skills of a savant that is exhibited through the instantaneous calculation of multiplications, square roots, etc, the determination of prime numbers, or subitizing.
What is Lightening Calculation
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Genetic disorder caused by a partial deletion of chromosome 15. Can cause low muscle tone, short stature, incomplete sexual development, cognitive disabilities, problem behaviors, and a chronic feeling of hunger that can lead to excessive eating and life-threatening obesity.
What is Prader-Willi Syndrome
500
A laboratory test used to study an individual's chromosome make-up. Chromosomes are separated from cells, stained, and arranged in order from largest to smallest so that their number and structure can be studied under a microscope.
What is Karyotyping