Entertainment Book
Part of our fundraising efforts come in the shape of the very exciting Entertainment Book each year.
This book contains endless discount coupons from brands such as Hoyts, Grill’d, Dan Murphy’s, Coles, Woolworths, travel partners, and so much more!!
2017 Membership
Hello Everybody, It is that time of year again, where we ask you to renew your annual membership to the Fragile X Alliance (FXA) Inc. A small expense ($44) goes a long way to helping us provide medical and educational support to the fragile X community. Please see our Membership Page for details on how to join or […]
Invitation from FXS Alliance to take part in a research project
This Research Project is now completed News about the next research project is coming soon
It’s Something I Need to Consider
‘‘It’s Something I Need to Consider” Decisions About Carrier Screening for Fragile X Syndrome in a Population of Non-Pregnant Women”
Archibald AD, Jaques AM, Wake S, Collins VR, Cohen J, Metcalfe SA. 2009 – Am J Med Genet Part A 149A:2731–2738
New clinic preparation structure
Dear all, I hope everyone is doing well. In light of recent reviews of our clinic operation, we have made a few changes to our clinic preparation. Please note the following changes: – instead of booking clinics prior to other requirements, we will now be requiring patients to complete all preclinic steps (including appointments and […]
Richies Community Benefits
Ritchies has generously added our organisation to their list of donation recipients. All you need to do is nominate our organisation and when you shop at any Ritchies store, a percentage of the profit goes to us to continue our work in supporting and educating families with Fragile X Syndrome. More details on the Ritchies […]
Old FXS testing "Frax E"
As our DNA testing technology improves, we have been able to focus on the genetic cause of Fragile X syndrome. Older techniques, originally looking at the chromosome (package of many genes), used to identifiy an additional cause for Fragile X syndrome – Frax E. Although it is caused by a different gene on the X […]
Research into Carrier Screening
As a result of research into Carrier Screening, we have had a paper published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics ‘‘It’s Something I Need to Consider” Decisions About Carrier Screening for Fragile X Syndrome in a Population of Non-Pregnant Women – Archibald AD, Jaques AM, Wake S, Collins VR, Cohen J, Metcalfe SA. 2009 […]