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Ethan

Ethan spent the first seven years of his life without an official diagnosis other than a general diagnosis of mentally disabled.

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The Story

Ethan spent the first seven years of his life without an official diagnosis other than a general diagnosis of mentally disabled. That changed when Ethan was seven and experienced a seizure where he ultimately ended up at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). Fortunately for Ethan, the neurologist at CHOA specialized in what would eventually become Ethan's diagnosis, Mecp2 Duplication Syndrome or M2DS. M2DS is a rare genetic condition causing many issues such as severe intellectual disabilities, impaired motor function, spasticity, speech, gastrointestinal, and respiratory issues.

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