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[Dazed and Confused]

My neice will visit Korea with her family. She has William's Syndrome and would like to meet others and their families who are also affected.
Any info is appreciated.

[bassexpander]

For those who don't know what this is. I had to look it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_syndrome

[Otherside]

[SeoulShakin]

Last year, one of my first grader's had William's syndrome. Sweet boy. Loved English class.

From what I gathered from his homeroom teacher, there isn't much as far as support goes for him in the public school system, but I'm not sure about in the country in general. Perhaps a phone call to a major hospital's international area would be able to answer your question? I don't think the average Korean would know much about William's syndrome. Every other teacher in my school (save for his homeroom teacher) classified every single special need as ADHD.

[harlowethrombey]

Is this commons? I think I have a kid(s) with this. Or maybe I'm just applying to traits too broadly.

[samcheokguy]

[FMPJ]

I had a student last year whose sister has Williams Syndrome. She's not in K now, unfortunately, and I don't know if her sister speaks English, but PM me if you want some more details.