Metabolic, Genetic, and Congenital Disorders
The Metabolic, Genetic, and Congenital Disorders section contains articles on conditions such as Mitochondrial disease, inborn errors of metabolism, Down syndrome, other chromosome deletions or duplications, and associations such as VACTERL.General and Undiagnosed
- The Thorny Issue of "Undiagnosed"
- The NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program: Diagnosing Rare Diseases
- A Life Turned Upside Down: Parenting Children with Special Needs When You Also Have a Disability undiagnosed genetic disorder
- The Global Genes Project: All Kids Deserve to Have Hope for a Cure!
- Patent Law and Children with Genetic Mutations
- One Family's Genetics Journey
- Flipping a Coin
- Beyond Wanting to Know: Thoughts on Pursuing a Genetic Diagnosis
- Genetic Testing in Children: Navigating the System
Specific Genetic or Congenital Disorders
- VACTERL Association
- Imperforate Anus--What!?
- Sibling Stories includes a story about PHACES
- Dysautonomia: A Minor Inconvenience Becomes a Devastating Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis? When Doctors Disagree on the Diagnosis
- NEHI: A Rare Diagnosis after Misdiagnosis
- Hypospadias Diagnosis and Repair
- You Don't Have to Yell: Handling Inappropriate Comments story of a child with craniofacial differences
- Pediatric Neurotransmitter Diseases
- PHACE Syndrome
- Joshua's Journey with Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids: An Option for Children with Conductive Hearing Loss craniofacial differences
- From the Heart! Maggie's Experience with Rett Syndrome
- The Last Nap for a Sleepless Child Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
- What You See and What You Don't: Diagnosing Niemann Pick, Type C
- Up with Down Syndrome
- Looking Normal
- The Pregnancy Journal of a Mito Mom
- Introduction to Mitochondrial Disorders and Mito Resources
- Symptoms of Mito: A Surprisingly Short List
- Diagnosing Mitochondrial Disorder: Our Journey through the Genetic Jungle
- Mito Plus: One Family's Experience with Mito, Autism, and Eosinophilic Disease
- Sibling Stories includes a story about Mito
- What on Earth is the Autonomic Nervous System? Dysautonomia and Autonomic Dysfunction
- Solutions for Temperature Regulation Problems
- Temperature Instability: Isaac's Story
- A Journey to Proper Nutrition: Learning to Thrive through Food Trials and Tube Feeds
- When the Mouth Won't Work
- The Never-Ending Sinus Infection
- The Importance of Early and Aggressive Pain Treatment in Children with Complex Medical Issues
- Fundraising/Research Award: Josie Mazzo Children's Charities
- Glimpses of Italy: When Your "Typical" Child Faces Medical Issues
- Balance
- Autonomic Events and Crises: An Underdiagnosed Cause of Discomfort
- Cardiac Issues Due to Autonomic Dysfunction
- Your Child CAN Go To Camp MDA Camps
- A Break from Mito
- Life After Mito
- "I So Tired"
- Avoiding Erroneous Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Allegations
- Unusual Presentations of Mitochondrial Disease
- Taking Mito to School
- Teens and Mitochondrial Disease
- Medical Strollers for Kids Who Walk
- A Family's Journey Toward a Mitochondrial Disease Diagnosis through Genetic Testing