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Rebecca M. Pollak; T. Lindsey Burrell; Joseph F. Cubells; Cheryl Klaiman; Melissa M. Murphy; Celine A. Saulnier; Elaine F. Walker; Stormi Pulver White; Jennifer G. Mulle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
3q29 deletion syndrome (3q29del) is associated with neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes. We previously reported that graphomotor weakness is present in up to 78% of individuals with 3q29del. We have now explored nuances of the graphomotor phenotype and its association with other comorbidities in this population. Participants were…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception
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Lo, S. T.; Collin, P. J. L.; Hokken-Koelega, A. C. S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2015
Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is characterised by hypotonia, hypogonadism, short stature, obesity, behavioural problems, intellectual disability, and delay in language, social and motor development. There is very limited knowledge about visual-motor integration in children with PWS. Method: Seventy-three children with PWS aged 7-17 years…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Visual Perception
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Ross, Judith L.; Zeger, Martha P. D.; Kushner, Harvey; Zinn, Andrew R.; Roeltgen, David P. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
Objective: The goal of this study was to contrast the cognitive phenotypes in boys with 47,XYY (XYY) karyotype and boys with 47,XXY karyotype [Klinefelter syndrome, (KS)], who share an extra copy of the X-Y pseudoautosomal region but differ in their dosage of strictly sex-linked genes. Methods: Neuropsychological evaluation of general cognitive…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Males, Sex, Genetics
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Gilboa, Yafit; Josman, Naomi; Fattal-Valevski, Aviva; Toledano-Alhadef, Hagit; Rosenblum, Sara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The objective of this study was to analyze the process and product of handwriting among children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) in comparison to those of Typically Developing (TD) children. Children with NF1 are at risk for some cognitive deficits, a wide range of deficits in perceptual skills and, motor and visual-motor integration skills…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Processes, Genetic Disorders, Comparative Analysis