FXS is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability, with impairments varying broadly across mild learning disabilities to autism.
Get help understanding whether a health or developmental condition may have a genetic cause.
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Services
- Alcohol and drug support for youth
- Brain and nerve care (clinical neurophysiology)
- COVID-19 vaccines
- Care after assault or violence
- Child development and therapy
- Children and youth
- Chronic Disease Services
- Community Care Facilities Licensing
- Community Health Services
- Crisis help
- Crisis support
- Eye procedures and surgery
- Facing an Unexpected Pregnancy
- Flu shots
- Genetic assessment and counselling
- Heart care
- Hospice, palliative and end-of-life care
- Hospital care at home
- Indigenous health and wellness support
- Infection and outbreak support
- Infectious disease services
- Intensive care for adults (ICU)
- Lung and breathing care
- Meet with your care provider by video (BC Virtual Visit)
- Mental health and addiction support
- Mental health and substance use care
- Mobility devices and support
- MyHealth: see your Island Health records online
- No family doctor? Start here
- Nutrition care
- Opioid treatment (OAT)
- Pain support
- Pregnant? Start here
- Rehabilitation for adults
- Same-day care
- See a doctor or nurse online (virtual care)
- Specialized care for older adults
- Surgery
- Tests and scans
- Travel assistance
- Youth health clinics
- Locations
- Health topics
- Patients and visitors
Territory acknowledgement
Island Health offers services and programs on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth Peoples.