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Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, a Son, and the Gene That Binds Them
Now in his twenties, Clare Dunsford's adult son, J.P., was diagnosed with fragile X syndrome at age seven. The most common inherited form of mental retardation, fragile X affects the lives of more than a million people in the United States, including those with the full mutation, their families, and treatment professionals. Unlike autism or Down syndrome, fragile X does no...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Beacon Press
(first published September 4th 2007)
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truthseekers, parents of kids with any condition, parents of special needs kids, leaders, mystics
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Nature, the journal
I was asked to review this book for Nature. I accepted the assignment because it is a book about fragile X syndrome and I have a project about this condition.
I was completely blown away - this is a phenomenal book - among the best I have ever read. Clare Dunsford is a masterful writer, but more than that - she is a truth-teller, a truth-seeker, and a revolutionary. Her ability to guide the reader through the experiences associated with having a child with fragile X is so exquisite...more
I was completely blown away - this is a phenomenal book - among the best I have ever read. Clare Dunsford is a masterful writer, but more than that - she is a truth-teller, a truth-seeker, and a revolutionary. Her ability to guide the reader through the experiences associated with having a child with fragile X is so exquisite...more
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