The FMR1 mutations can cause a variety of disabilities, including cognitive deficits, attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, and other socioemotional problems, in individuals with …

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading inherited cause of mental retardation. In this article,
we review what is known about the language and related problems of individuals with FXS …

Background: This study describes a new caregiver‐report assessment, the Sensory
Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ), and explicates the nature of sensory patterns of hyper …

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability (ID).
Anxiety and social withdrawal are considered core features of the FXS phenotype, yet there …

Autism, which is common in individuals with fragile X syndrome, is often difficult to diagnose.
We compared the diagnostic classifications of two measures for autism diagnosis, the ADOS …

We examined autistic behavior in a cross‐sectional sample of 179 children with fragile X
syndrome (FXS) and a longitudinal subset of 116 children using the Childhood Autism …

The nature of hyperresponsiveness to sensory stimuli in children with autism, using a new
observational measure, the SPA, was examined. Three groups of young participants were …

Recent advances in our understanding of the clinical and molecular features of the fragile-X
mental-retardation 1 gene, FMR1, highlight the importance of single-gene disorders. 15 …

The fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1) mutation causes two disorders: fragile X
syndrome (FXS) in those with the full mutation and the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia …

Two different mutations in the FMR1 gene may lead to autism. The full mutation, with> 200
CGG repeats in the 5′ end of FMR1, leads to hypermethylation and transcriptional …