• About Tay-Sachs Disease
  Tay-Sachs is an inherited disease which strikes young children. It causes progressive destruction of the central nervous system and death by five years of age.
  
  
• Helpful Information About Tay Sachs
  Information about Tay-Sachs Disease On the Web
  
  
• Late-Onset Tay-Sachs Foundation
  Welcome to the Late-Onset Tay-Sachs Foundation 1303 Paper Mill Road Erdenheim, PA 19038 (800) 672-2022 (215) 836-9426
  
  
• National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
  A Baby with Tay-Sachs disease appears healthy at birth, and seems to be developing normally for a few months. Symptoms generally appear by six months of age. While symptoms vary from one child to the next, there is always a slowing down of development. Gradually, Tay-Sachs children lose motor skills and mental functions.
  
  
• NINDS Tay-Sachs Disease Information
  NINDS Tay-Sachs Disease Information Page
  
  
• Spinal Cord Injury Network International
  SCINI is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating access to quality health care by providing information and referral services to spinal-cord-injured individuals and their families.
  
  
• Tay-Sachs Disease
  Tay-Sachs Disease Classical Tay-Sachs disease is an especially tragic inherited birth defect.
  
  
• Tay-Sachs Disease Information
  Classical Tay-Sachs disease is an especially tragic inherited birth defect. The symptoms first appear at about age 6 months when an apparently healthy, happy baby gradually stops smiling, crawling or turning over, loses its ability to grasp or reach out, and eventually becomes blind, paralyzed, and unaware of the surrounding world.
  
  
• The National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
  (NTSAD) is dedicated to the treatment and prevention of Tay-Sachs and related diseases, and to provide information and support services to individuals and families affected by these diseases, as well as the public at large. Strategies for achieving these goals include public and professional education, research, genetic screening, family services and advocacy.
  
  

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