Symptoms of williams syndrome - 11-year-old Alex has Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition that has physical symptoms but is also associated with a lack of social inhibition. (The Bentley Family) Williams Syndrome is a rare genetic condition ...

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11-year-old Alex has Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition that has physical
symptoms but is also associated with a lack of social inhibition. (The Bentley Family)
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June 9, 2011 Williams Syndrome is a rare genetic condition -- so rare, in fact, that
few people have ever heard of it. Of about 7,500 newborns, only one will have it.
But that one, should you ever meet him or her, will likely have a personality of
unforgettable ebullience and warmth. It is the type of personality seen only
occasionally beyond the world of Williams Syndrome.
When 20/20's Chris Cuomo attended a camp for children with Williams he was
besieged by hugs and slaps on the back. Then came the barrage of questions.
"What's your favorite color?" "Where do you live?" "Have you met Barney the
Dinosaur?"
Children with Williams are also often identifiable by a variety of facial
characteristics, from small, pointed teeth, to upturned noses, to a telltale puffiness
under their eyes. But the camp is a place where everybody wants to be your friend
regardless of who you are or what you look like.
"Little babies will come up to you, they will stare into your face, and it will be hard
to actually disengage from that stare," explained Helen Tager-Flusberg whose lab
at Boston University studies the social behavior of children with Williams. "When
they're four or five...whether they know you or not, within about five minutes
you're their new best friend."
One fascinating study by researchers in Europe found that children with Williams
show no racial bias whatsoever. While children, even babies, prefer people of their
own race, the neural pathway that imprints for race bias is somehow lacking in
children with Williams.
11-year-old Alex has Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition that has physical
symptoms but is also associated with a lack of social inhibition.
Williams Syndrome is caused by the deletion of roughly 25 genes on chromosome 7.
The deletion can occur randomly during the production of a sperm or egg cell.
Though there are 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human genome, even the loss of
just 25 genes can have profound effects on a person's physical, behavioral and
cognitive make-up.
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