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Fragile X Books and Videos

Books, DVDs, CDs and handbooks on a range of Fragile X topics are available for purchase either via this site, the National Fragile X Foundation in USA and from Amazon. You can find a list of these and details on where to purchase them on our Books and Videos for Purchase page.
Updates:

“Fragile X Syndrome” is [...]



Wynnum Carols by the Bay

Wynnum Carols by the Bay are being held on  December 19th from 3pm till 9pm at Wynnum Esplanade (George Clayton Park Wynnum), Brisbane, Qld.
Thanks to the Wynnum Spring Festival Association, proceeds from the raffles on the night will be donated to The Fragile X Association of Australia. Some of our members will be selling tickets [...]



Christmas Cards

Many thanks to all who bought our Christmas Cards this year. We have now run out of stock. We will be selling them again next year.



Release of the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy

On 14 September 2009, the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, and the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator the Hon Mark Arbib, jointly released the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy, a part of the government’s Social Inclusion Agenda. The Social Inclusion Agenda aims to address the barriers [...]



New from NFXF

As well as keeping up with National Fragile X Foundation announcements and news on their website you can now follow their news via the new NFXF Twitter page FragileXnews If you would rather read the Twitter updates via a newsreader you can do so via the FragileX news feed. Website news feeds can also be [...]



fx info Newletter Spring 09

Highlights

From November 6th to November 14th the Fragile X Association is having a series of Fragile X seminars and family
forums with Professor Randi Hagerman and Louise Gane from the M.I.N.D. (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental
Disorders) Institute in UC Davis in America. Seminar Registration Form
Fragile X Christmas Cards 2009 on sale
Profile – Professor Kim Cornish – Fragile [...]



Carers Week 2009

Monday 19th October marks the start of Carers Week 2009. Carers Day 2009 is on Tuesday 20th October. Carers Week is aimed at celebrating and acknowledging the vital role carers play in our society whilst giving carers an opportunity to get together to share support and information..
Carers Australia CEO, Joan Hughes, recently launched a new [...]



NFXF Webcasts

The National Fragile X Foundation has been producing audio webcasts covering various aspects of Fragile X. They are available to listen to from their website on the Prior Audio Webcasts page
Topics to date::

“Thriving Not Just Surviving: Family Self-Care” with Diane Simon Smith, M.P.H., MA, M.F.T. ,  Carolyn Krull Toennessen, Aerospace Industry Project Manager [...]