Rett's Disorder is a disintegrative disorder that affects toddlers. These children have normal developmental patterns up until about 5 months.They also had a normal perinatal period.These children have normal psychomotor development through the first 5 months of life. These children may or may not be mentally retarded. Between 5 and 48 months of age they start to exhibit the following:
1. deceleration of head growth
2. loss of hand skills, characteristic hand movements that resemble hand wringing or hand washing.
3.loss of social engagement
4.impaired language development
5. severe psychomotor development
Rett's disorder has only been diagnosed in female children.
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