Coffin-Lowry Syndrome
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome
A developmental disability is "a severe, permanent, physical or psychological impairment originating before the age of 22 and causing severe functional disruptions (handicaps) in the person's life" (Graziano, 2001). When assessing the etiology, pathology, impairments and disabilities of Coffin-Lowry Syndrome (CLS) it is evident that CLS is a developmental disability. CLS is a severe form of X-linked mental retardation with marked phenotypic variability that interferes with the affected individuals social, psychological and everyday functioning.
The agents that cause the structural or biological changes in the individual with CLS are referred to as the etiology of the developmental disability. In order to assess the etiology of CLS it is important to understand what CLS is. CLS was originally described independently by Dr. Coffin and associates in 1966 and again by Dr. Lowry and associates in 1971. Dr. Temtamy, in 1975, indicated that Coffin-Lowry......
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