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Dr. Harry Angelman’s 100th Birthday Anniversary
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Angelman Anecdotes – Community Project by Alice Evans
Angelman Anecdotes “The breaking of that awful feeling of isolation is the greatest gift one Angelman family can give to another…. Those of you who will share your experiences will do it because in the Angelman family that is what we do. Whatever problems you have to meet, others not only understand but have found a solution. Whatever road you have traveled, others have traveled before you, so there is no need to travel alone.” Audrey Angelman Audrey and Harry Angelman, Orlando 1993 Whitney and Ashleigh (Sorenson) Evans Family Members: Let’s honor Audrey’s words by making a family section titled, Angelman Anecdotes (of an updated version of Angelman Syndrome from…
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History of Angelman Syndrome
The History of Angelman Syndrome
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The History of Angelman Syndrome
Dr. Harry Angelman 1915-1996 Dr. Harry Angelman was an English physician who identified what is now known as Angelman Syndrome. Dr. Angelman was born in Birkenhead, England. He was an enthusiast for the language and country of Italy. He first observed three children who were unrelated but showed similar symptoms of severe intellectual delay, stiff, jerky gait, lack of speech, seizures, motor disorders and happy demeanors. Then, while vacationing in Italy, he observed an oil painting called… A Boy with a Puppet by the renaissance artist Giovanni Francesco Caroto at the Castelvecchio museum in Verona. Reminded of the children, Dr. Angelman published a paper in 1965 that described what he…
