What does WMS stand for?

We're studying speech characteristics of children with Williams syndrome and Duplication 7q 11.

The Billingham teenager has a rare developmental disorder called Williams Syndrome and can walk only very short distances.

But you do not need to have Williams syndrome to be a savant.

A detailed cardiac evaluation must be performed in all patients demonstrating the characteristic features of Williams syndrome because of the high frequency of cardiovascular anomalies and sudden death.

Covering brain development in children with autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and cognitive deficits (in the case of infants of mothers with diabetes), Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain addresses the molecular and genetic bases of brain development, as well as neural structure and function, behavioral manifestations, and sociocultural contexts.

Examples include Williams Syndrome, which one in 7500 children have, and affects the heart, blood vessels, kidneys, muscles, skeleton and causes learning difficulties.

Chapters discuss autism, Williams syndrome, dyslexia, dyspraxia, language, number sense and dyscalculia, ADHD, responses to stress, child maltreatment, and the development of the corticolimbic system.

Sforza has written a detailed and intriguing journal of the Lenhoffs' story--how Gloria found her remarkable lyric soprano voice and how Howard fought indefatigably to attract the attention of researchers to consider the connection between musical aptitude and Williams Syndrome.