Physical Appearances and Daily Life

Any person with this genetic disorder will have altered physical appearances. Usually people with this disorder will not have any physical defects but if they do they can have an elongated face, prominent ears, low muscle tone, loose joints, high palate, enlarged testicles (in males after the pubescent stage), and heart murmurs. All of these are possible in people who have the genetic disorder.

This is a child with the disorder and you can clearly see the elongated face and the enlarged ears.

Daily life with Fragile X Syndrome is tough. From early development a child can experience intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, development delays, speech delays and difficulties, difficulty with coordination, and difficulty with motor skills. A child must be closely watched and helped with extra activities to reverse these effects. Any person with the disorder can be sustainable to Anxiety, shyness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autistic like behaviors, difficulty with eye contact, defensiveness, repetitive speech, and aggression. A child with Fragile X Syndrome, even though with all these disabilities, are still a gift of nature and are to be loved just as much as the other and to helped to achieve their full potential.