RE: Found cause of our son's autism!

February 1, 2011

My layman's guess is that like most of the children, your son may have multiple

issues.. and among them is damaged gut.

Best Wishes,

Moderator

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> Hi

>

> After 27 years, a " newer " chromosome test (array CGH) finally identified our

son's cause of autism. He has " Phelan Mcdermid Syndrome " (Check out 22q13.org).

Even though our son had NONE of the physical characteristics of this disorder

(i.e. deformed ears, droopy eyelids), he has most of the autistic

characteristics of this disorder.

>

> Have any of you ever heard of this disorder? I'm VERY supportive of DAN

doctors, but I'm surprised that no DAN doctor has ever suggested more chromosome

testing for our son. I still firmly believe that environmental factors are a

significant part of our son's challenges, but we think defining the " genetic

predisposition " concerning his autism is crucial too.

>

> If anyone on this list has more info on this disorder, we'd love to hear from

them. We have so many new questions now! For example...In the various Phelan

Mcdermid literature it says that no special diet will help these kids and yet

our son improved greatly in all areas when we started the GFCF diet back when he

was 4 years old. (And he still does better even now on the GFCF diet). Why would

the diet help this chromosome deletion?

>

> Dorothy

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February 2, 2011

Dorothy

I have never heard of this. However, I received a call today from Arkansas

children's Hospital genetic that our daughter has Chromosome 1p21.3

duplication and I cannot find anything on it. I was told today it is

characteristic of autism. I have no idea what any of this means. I feel very

lost right now because I simply cannot find any information regarding this.

I know that our daughter has progressed with biomedical intervention as well

as auditory integration and vision therapy. The genetic part is new to me

and our daughter is 16.

Shari

From: csb-autism-rx [mailto:csb-autism-rx ]

On Behalf Of dorothys99

Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:57 PM

To: csb-autism-rx

Subject: Found cause of our son's autism!

Hi

After 27 years, a " newer " chromosome test (array CGH) finally identified our

son's cause of autism. He has " Phelan Mcdermid Syndrome " (Check out

22q13.org). Even though our son had NONE of the physical characteristics of

this disorder (i.e. deformed ears, droopy eyelids), he has most of the

autistic characteristics of this disorder.

Have any of you ever heard of this disorder? I'm VERY supportive of DAN

doctors, but I'm surprised that no DAN doctor has ever suggested more

chromosome testing for our son. I still firmly believe that environmental

factors are a significant part of our son's challenges, but we think

defining the " genetic predisposition " concerning his autism is crucial too.

If anyone on this list has more info on this disorder, we'd love to hear

from them. We have so many new questions now! For example...In the various

Phelan Mcdermid literature it says that no special diet will help these kids

and yet our son improved greatly in all areas when we started the GFCF diet

back when he was 4 years old. (And he still does better even now on the GFCF

diet). Why would the diet help this chromosome deletion?

Dorothy

February 2, 2011

I came across this website and thought I'd email it to everyone just in case you

weren't aware of it. It's a non-profit organization in the US for chromosone

disorders...Education, Advocacy, Information & Support

For all those affected by a rare chromosome disorder.

http://www.chromodisorder.org/CDO/Default.aspx

Found cause of our son's autism!