Fragile X Awareness month - Day 3

If you want to find out more about FX you can go to the Fragile X Association of Australia website. I will be sharing our families story.

Merryn is a 5 year old girl with Full Mutation Fragile X. She is diagnosed with communication delays, mild autism, sensory sensitivity, anxiety, eczema and sleep issues.

If Merryn's older brother hadn't been diagnosed with Fragile X we would never had known to test her for it. As a baby, other than having terrible reflux for the first year and sleep issues, she seemed like any other child. That is why we were so shocked when her test result came back as full mutation FX.

I am very grateful we did know however. By the time Merryn was 2 years old she had about 3 words. Because she had a diagnosis we knew to get therapy for her and she was eligible for some great programs. It made a huge difference and now she talks constantly. :D