Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Adaptive Behavior in Boys With Fragile X Syndrome Tend to Decline During Childhood, Adolescence

The largest longitudinal study of the inherited disorder has found that standard scores measuring "adaptive behavior" in boys with fragile X syndrome tend to decline during childhood and adolescence. Adaptive behavior covers a range of everyday social and practical skills, including communication, socialization, and completing tasks of daily living such as getting dressed. In this study, socialization emerged as a relative strength in boys with fragile X, in that ...

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