Long-term outlook for child:

Current status or research on disorder, and any sites coming soon:

- Slurred speech

- Trouble standing

- Increased risk of cancer

- Weakened immune system

- Difficulty in movement and coordination

- Decreased mental development (slows or stops around the ages of 10 and 12)

- Reoccurring respiratory infections

- Average life expectancy is 25 years

- NINDS - discovered the Ataxia Telangiectasia gene, which could lead to a more accurate diagnosis of the disease and development of effective treatments

- Cell-based approaches for modeling and treating A-T: trying to better understand the causes, and to develop new therapies for the disease using stem cells