With the awareness of Rett Syndrome by choreographer Jean Marc Genereux, of the popular Fox show “So You Think You Can Dance,” has brought national attention to the little known disorder.
Babies with Rett syndrome typically have no signs or symptoms during the first six months of life. Between the ages of 6 months and 18 months, however, they stop improving their speech and hand skills and begin to lose ground generally.
Caused by a mutated gene, Rett syndrome occurs in about one in 23,000 births. Boys who inherit this mutated gene usually don’t survive infancy. Also, while sudden death in sleep can occur, most women with Rett syndrome live into their 40s or 50s.
There is no cure for Rett syndrome, but therapy helps some affected
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