When the milestones, the charts, and the sequence in development are not there for our children, parents and caregivers like us set out on our own pathway. Elisabeth's story is about searching for the X factor. The X factor that was discovered only in hindsight beginning with an emotional bond and a fleeting but tangible smile to mean "yes" and a flinch in eyebrows to mean "no."
Elisabeth is in the group of severe cases showing "functional changes" in DDX3X which resulted in her missing corpus callosum and polymicrogyria, an abnormal folding pattern on the surface of the brain. Follow the link HERE to read the article.
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