According to the groups working on awareness, one in 5,000 children in India is found with a Fragile X gene, which makes it approximately 4 lakh kids. Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a genetic condition which is the only known single-gene cause of autism
Shalini Kedia, founder and chairperson of Fragile X Society India, said lighting up India Gate in teal “is symbolic as the topic of intellectual disabilities has been kept in the dark for long”.
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