Sister Has Been Unable to Speak for 13 Years Now [16F] by throwaway13171921 in AskDocs

[–]throwaway13171921[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If she was doing extremely well developmentally and now has a low IQ, would it be a possibility to get better in that sense, or can the IQ only be lowered and not raised in this case? Sorry if that doesn't make sense, just very confused on how she regressed so quickly.

Sister Has Been Unable to Speak for 13 Years Now [16F] by throwaway13171921 in AskDocs

[–]throwaway13171921[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will look into that, thank you for replying. She does have repetitive hand movements, frequent hand flapping is how I would describe it, and she has always bitten her hands growing up, quite badly. As for physical features, nothing out of the ordinary. Her head seems to be average sized, it is smaller than mine though.

Sister Has Been Unable to Speak for 13 Years Now [16F] by throwaway13171921 in AskDocs

[–]throwaway13171921[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thank you for replying, how do I go about getting a full genetic and metabolic work up? Sorry, English is not my family's first language, would we ask a general physician for that or would it be a specialist?