22Q11 Ireland

31/05/2026

Major thanks to everyone who supported 22Q11 Ireland and the ladies who took part in the VHI mini-marathon today - an amazing 16k raised!

31/05/2026

Did you know we produce Easy Read Guides, designed to make complicated written information easier to understand?

Our latest guides are for 'Planning your future after school' and 'Transition from children to adult healthcare'. Find them under the 'Easy Read Guides' header on our Disorder Guides page.
https://rarechromo.org/disorder-guides/

31/05/2026

Best of luck to all our ladies today taking part The Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon. The VHI mini-marathon is a 10k road race, which takes place every June bank holiday weekend in Dublin city centre. It is the largest women’s event of its kind in the world.
This 2026 event will see 28,000 women take part on the streets of Dublin running, jogging and walking to support the charitable causes that are dear to their hearts.
Our sincere gratitude to every one of you and to all the people who have supported you and donating to our cause, we are extremely grateful 🙏

EVENT DATE: Sunday, 31st May, 2026 at 12:30PM THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 1 week to go until the 2026 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon.Tickets still remain for the Virtual event. REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL Visual description of background video (click to expand) [00:00 – 00:07] Wide shot of the starting line at the...

29/05/2026

Some behaviour in 22q doesn't come from 22q alone.

There's a lens that many parents find changes something, not in their child's behaviour straight away, but in how they understand what they're seeing. And when things make sense, how you respond changes, too.

We've put together a free guide on this. It's called 'What if you looked at it differently?'. It's a trauma-sensitive lens for parents of children and adults with 22q. It covers what this can look like, how to ask different questions, and where to go if you want to understand it more deeply.

Free. Four pages. Written for parents, useful for professionals too.

Find the link in the comments.

27/05/2026

No one does like the Dutch 🤗

Gespot! 💙🧡

27/05/2026

Self regulation and the nervous system...Great info!

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27/05/2026

This is a really important fact,
"....none of the high-risk mutations identified so far are really specific for autism. Instead, they increase risk across a range of psychiatric conditions and can be found in patients with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, or other diagnoses."

“The genetics underpinning autism is extremely complex. But the evidence for primarily genetic causation is overwhelming…” writes Kevin Mitchell.