A Case of Triple X Syndrome Manifesting with the Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities |
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| Authors: | Thomas V Ryan W David Crews Jr. Lawrence Cowen Aeron M Goering Jeffrey T Barth |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of the Preschool Education and of the Educational Planning , University of the Aegean , Greece papailiou@rhodes.aegean.gr;3. School of Medicine, University of Athens , Greece;4. Department of the Preschool Education and of the Educational Planning , University of the Aegean , Greece;5. Department of Psychology , University of Athens , Greece;6. Experimental Special Education School, University of Athens , Greece |
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| Abstract: | There has been a relative absence of studies that have examined comprehensively the neuropsychological profiles of females with Triple X Syndrome across a battery of tests and measures. A case is reported of a 9 1/2-year-old female with Triple X Syndrome whose neuropsychological test results were suggestive of greater right- versus left-cerebral hemisphere dysfunction. Overall, the patient's neuropsychological profile was indicative of the syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) as proposed by Rourke (Rourke 1987, 1988, 1995; Rourke & Tsatsanis, 1996). The results are discussed in light of Rourke's NLD Syndrome and the related white matter model. |
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| Keywords: | Williams syndrome Nonverbal communication Play Language comprehension Language production |
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