I have chosen to work on the disease of Rett syndrome because
of my sweet Sofia that suffers from this debilitating neurological developmental disorder. We have distributed
information to our state and federal legislators www.rettsyndrome.org to create awareness and a sense of urgency to find a cure for this almost exclusively female disease. - Maggie Doran What is Rett syndrome?
Facts about Rett syndrome ~
Rett syndrome is the leading cause of genetic
impairment in girls
Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in the gene MECP2, 95 % of girls diagnosed with Rett Syndrome
in the United States have this mutation
Rett syndrome is the only autism spectrum disorder with a known genetic cause
Girls and women with
Rett syndrome have unusally bright eyes and seem to understand more than they can express
A girl is born every
five hours with Rett syndrome
The amazing breakthrough in science is the ability to reverse Rett syndromes in a animal model
Thousands of girls
and women world wide are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with cerebral palsy or autism
Rett syndrome affects all ethnic racial and
socio-economic groups; every parent is at risk for having a child with Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome is often charecterized
as the Rosetta Stone" disorder that can give insight into a host of other late onset neurological disorders such as autism
International Rett Syndrome Foundation
Margueritte (Maggie) Doran, Rome Hanson, St. Paul, Minnesota