Behavioural Difficulties
Key Facts about Behavioural Difficulties
- Are behaviours that challenge inevitable?
- There is a higher risk that children and adults with Angelman syndrome will show some behaviours that challenge in comparison to children with intellectual disability without Angelman syndrome.
- Researchers and clinicians who work with people with Angelman syndrome now have a good understanding of why these behaviours occur and what we can do to reduce them.
Dr Caroline Richards introduces the term 'challenging behaviour'.
Key Fact
A high proportion of individuals with Angelman syndrome may show challenging behaviour at some point in their lives.
