Very Responsive Moms Can Have Big Impact on Fragile X Kids’ Development

A new study finds that a highly responsive mother has a significant impact on the positive development of communication and language skills in children with Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the leading genetic cause of autism and other intellectual disabilities.
The findings show that maternal responsiveness is also positively tied to the children’s socialization and daily living skills and may even mitigate the declines often reported in children with FXS beginning in middle childhood.
The study