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juls35inva	Posted: July 08, 2007 05:26 pm
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Member No.: 6 Joined: June 08, 2006	I read in People that it is highly probable that Chris Benoits son had fragile x. Spencer help me out on this one....if this is the case this is tragic and just goes to show that we need better resources to help families. (not that the suspected steroid use helped any, but still) Just thought I would share that here to see what everyone else thinks about this. Sad too that the only time you see anyone from the WWWF on the cover of People is when he commits suicide after killing his family, not exactly the cover I would want to be remembered for. -------------------- MOM TO 2 BOYS: AGE 12-ADHD, AGE 3-PDD-NOS

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Posted: July 10, 2007 09:06 pm

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Many friends said Daniel had the classic symptoms, Nancy's family insists he didn't. HOWEVER.....

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Delta woman says wrestler Chris Benoit had a son with Fragile X syndrome

Tuesday, June 26 - 06:28:36 PM
Katharine Kitts

DELTA (NEWS1130) - We may never know the reasons behind Chris Benoit's decision to take the life of his wife, young son and himself. However, a Delta woman, who was in contact with the Canadian wrestler a few years ago, said she might have some insight into the family. Pam Winthrope said Benoit's son had a genetic condition called Fragile X syndrome. Winthrope said she has experienced the condition first hand and knows how it can tear a family apart.

Fragile X syndrome is an inherited mental impairment. Pam's 12-year-old son has the condition and she said in an effort to shed light on the syndrome, her husband called Chris Benoit about five years ago.

She said, "We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in BC and in Canada, we only have a couple of them. My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes and then he said he didn't want to be a public face for Fragile X, he just wanted to keep it really, really quiet."

Winthrope said she couldn't believe the news that Benoit had taken his life along with his wife and 7-year-old son. She added that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. She said, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy --they don't tell you."

Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over a weekend, and would not discuss Benoit’s state of mind.

Whatever the facts of THIS case turn out to be, Pam Winthrope's words ring true, there needs to be more help and support.

juls35inva	Posted: July 13, 2007 10:39 am
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Member No.: 6 Joined: June 08, 2006	Thank You Spencer, for printing that. Its sad that so many families, Men and Women, not just the dads, are still in that state of mind where they want to "keep it quiet". Perhaps if Chris had of been a "face for fragile X" he and his family wouldn't be gone. Why is there such shame in this?? I just don't understand it. -------------------- MOM TO 2 BOYS: AGE 12-ADHD, AGE 3-PDD-NOS

Ford	Posted: August 09, 2007 10:29 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 361 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 07, 2006	I don't either. -------------------- "Only after the last tree has been cut down…the last river has been poisoned…the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." Cree Indian Prophesy. "All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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