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Adelaide Fragile X Seminar

Free One Day Workshop
Adelaide
Friday 23rd April 2010
Fragile X Syndrome
The Fragile X Association, through funding from the Fred Archer Charitable Trust managed by Trust Company Ltd, have organised for the Fragile X Alliance team, led by Dr Jonathan Cohen, to provide an overview of Fragile  X syndrome.  This free workshop is open to health professionals, educators [...]



Hobart Fragile X workshop

Free One Day Workshop
 
Hobart
Friday 12th March 2010
Fragile X Syndrome
The Fragile X Association, through the sponsorship of the Fred Archer Charitable Trust managed by Trust Company Ltd, have organised for the Fragile X Alliance team, led by Dr Jonathan Cohen, to provide an overview of Fragile  X syndrome.  This free workshop is open to health professionals, [...]



fx info Newsletter Summer 2009

$30,000 grant from The Fred Archer Charitable Trust managed by Trust Company Ltd for mobile Fragile X syndrome workshops. The next mobile workshops to be held with the Fragile X Alliance clinic in Hobart on March 12 and in Adelaide on 23rd April.
Newborn Screening for Fragile X syndrome.
Fragile X Update seminars reviewed. The seminars featuring [...]



Christmas Card 2009 Thank You

The Fragile X Association of Australia would like to thank  Pages and Pages of Mosman, Sydney, and The Constant Reader of Crows Nest, Sydneyfor their support in selling our Christmas cards once again this year. Pages and Pages have been selling our Christmas cards for many years and this is the third year that the Constant Reader [...]



FRAGILE X UPDATE NOVEMBER SEMINARS

In November the Fragile X Association of Australia are hosting Fragile X Update seminars in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.  Professor Randi Hagerman and Louise Gane from the M.I.N.D. (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute in UC Davis in America  will present the latest information on developments in treatment of Fragile X syndrome as well as what [...]



National Fragile X survey extended to October

The Australian and New Zealand National Fragile X survey has been extended until the end of October
This study is the first national survey of families in Australia and New Zealand who have a child with fragile X. The results of the survey will be shared with fragile X organisations, researchers, and legislators to help change [...]



The National Fragile X Survey

The National Fragile X Survey will continue until September 2009 and is the first national study of families in Australia and New Zealand who have a child/children with Fragile X. Dr. Don Bailey, an expert in Fragile X research at R.T.I (Research Triangle Institute) International , is directing the study. The confidential results from the survey [...]



Fun Run Fundraising

  After the success of last year’s fundraising, the NSW team are again organising a Fragile X City to Surf team this year. Last year we were in the top 10 fundraisers and raised over $8000. This was a great achievement,so lets see what we can do in 2009! Getting involved in this event on August 9th would be a [...]