Rett Syndrome

Rett Syndrome

By Mikayla Obermoeller

​What is Rett Syndrome?

​This is when the when part of the X chromosome is identifiable.

• ​Neurodevelopmental disorder

• ​Severity is determined by the location

• Exec​elusively affects Females/ rare cases if the male is affected

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca24-jkyOk8

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• ​Develop normally til 7 to 18 months

• Growth retardation

• Swallowing difficulties

• ​Seizures

• ​Autistic like behaviors

• Breathing difficulties

• Blindness ​

• Uncontrolled hand movements ​

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https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/rett-syndrome/​

​Sympotoms

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OT Involvement

What would OT be helping with? ​

• Adaptive equipment ​

• Functional mobility

• Dressing

• Eating

• ​Play

• ADL ​

  Those are all things that OT can do to help The child to beoem independent in there occupations

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Functional ability in school and community

​Child ability will be impacted in those areas. Well the question is how will they be impacted?

• ​The schooling will be impacted because of environmental factors rooms be small and the child has a wheelchair. Communication also might affect school, this is because the child might struggle to communicate.

• Ther​e functional ability in the community could be impacted because of environmental facts, communication, client factors, and performance skills

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​Adaptive equipment

• ​Wheelchair/ Walker

• Communication devices

• Shower chair

• Sling

• Table for wheelchair

• Feeding equipment

• Bed rails for seizures

• ​Dressing Adaptive equipment

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Cited work: https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/rett-syndrome/

Services receives

​What Other care professionals could they see?

• Gastroenterologist

• Physical Therapist

• Speech therapist ​

• ​Cardiologist

• Pediatric neurologists

• ​Nutritionist

• ​Psychiatrist

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​Work Sited Page

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Rett syndrome. NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). (2020, October 29). Retrieved May 2, 2022, from https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/rett-syndrome/