🔴 "Early symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 1-8 year old children with sex chromosome trisomies (XXX, XXY, XYY), and the predictive value of joint attention*" PART 2.

Research over the past decade has established that neurodiversities such as Autism are far common in people with an Extra 47th X or Y chromosome than in the average population. At the same time, most are not Autistic.

What does this mean in practice for parents who have a young child diagnosed with an extra chromosome?

Groundbreaking research published in 2022 shows that Autism in Extra X&Y children be predicted as early as the age of 1. This matters, because it means early monitoring of social adaptive functions of children with Extra chromosomes should be done as routine care within the first years of life.

Not only may it allow to avoid an irreversible cascade of negative lifelong effects, it could also significantly improve parent wellbeing with relief from stress and uncertainty regarding their own parenting and offer the opportunity to learn effective coping strategies when interacting with their child.

Part 1 featured the abstract, introduction and methods that allowed to come to this conclusion. Part 2 explains the study’s results and discusses its important implications.

* Bouw N, Swaab H, Tartaglia N, Wilson RL, Van der Velde K, van Rijn S. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-02070-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36107256.

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🟢 "I'm a thunderstorm kind of guy" - Gary Glissman, 1950 - 2023.

In this podcast you’ll hear two back-to-back episodes with Gary Glissman, recorded October 2022 and re-edited into a single full 45 minute version in tribute to Gary's passing.

It is possibly the most important Chromodiversity podcast to date: Gary discusses with brutal honesty the life and death of his son Michael, and highlights the urgency of changing the way common genetic difference is considered and supported around the world.

Few people made a bigger difference in the lives of many thousands of families and individuals living with #chromodiversity than Gary.

A powerful advocate for awareness, #education, #research and effective #medical care, Gary became involved with #neurodiversity and #Klinefelter syndrome (KS) after his son Michael was diagnosed with an Extra 47th X chromosome in 2008 at the age of 24.

Gary was a Senior Health Care Executive his entire life. He was involved clinical operations for major organizations such as Walgreens, CHD Meridian Healthcare, Interim HealthCare Inc. and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Gary served on the Board of Directors of AXYS (Association for X and Y chromosome Variations) and was named Board Chair in 2017. He retired from that position in 2021 and joined the Chromodiversity Foundation Advisory Board in 2022.

Gary was instrumental in the coming of age of the Chromodiversity movement launched January 2022, and the setting of our vision for a new approach to global healthcare for people with common genetic differences.

Born in Omaha Nebraska September 21, 1950, Gary Glissman is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Paula Glissman. He is preceded in death by his son Michael Glissman, June 23, 2022 at the age of 37.

💜 Gary and Michael, you meant so much to so many. Your inspiration will remain with us forever.

🔴 "Early symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 1-8 year old children with sex chromosome trisomies (XXX, XXY, XYY), and the predictive value of joint attention.*" Although not many medical professionals may be aware, research over the past decade has established that neurodiversities such as Autism are far common in people with an Extra 47th X or Y chromosome than in the average population. At the same time, most are not Autistic.

What does this mean in practice for parents who have a young child diagnosed with an extra chromosome? Is it possible to predict in advance if their own child is more likely than not to be Autistic? If so, is there a way to predict which Autistic traits are most likely? And is there anything that can be done to change outcomes for the better.

Remarkably, as this groundbreaking research published in 2022 shows, the answer to all of these questions is YES.

In today's first of two parts you’ll hear the abstract, introduction and methods that allowed to come to this conclusion. The second part, to be released next week, will explain the study’s results and discuss its implications.

* Bouw N, Swaab H, Tartaglia N, Wilson RL, Van der Velde K, van Rijn S. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-02070-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36107256.

🙏 Chromodiversity™ is a listener funded podcast. Make a difference by donating here: https://buy.stripe.com/3csg07g8LbaB5X2dQW