Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
So, in 1976, Burns along with a few collaborators, established the Genetic Counselor Program at UW-Madison.
The end goal is to build a collection of information for multiple disorders, the first one being Down syndrome.
Without access to communication, people are isolated and frustrated and can end up having very different life experiences. If we can establish communication for a variety of individuals using alternative tools and techniques, and in so doing, increase that individual's quality of life, I think it's a pretty substantial impact...
CMT is a slowly progressive disease in contrast to ALS, which affects the same neurons in the peripheral nervous system.
Several months after Ella’s first birthday, she received her diagnosis of Rett syndrome. “It was devastating, life changing. It’s rare – we hadn’t heard of it before we started this journey and it’s a very difficult diagnosis to process,” Jennifer says.
Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes.
Families and their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face many barriers to getting accessibility to exercise.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of the first sites to be selected to have an IDDRC and UCEDD because of the urging of Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, a prominent researcher physician, for whom the Waisman Center is named.
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and retinitis pigmentosa all have different manifestations and affect different body functions, but they are all connected by one mechanism: neurodegeneration.
“Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes,” said Rebecca Alper
