I'm a medical laboratory scientist. I have experience with using blood samples and urine samples in order to provide information to the physician's so they can make a diagnosis. I would recommend meeting with a genetic counselor that can explain what Dup15q is and what it means for you. Regarding a comment above, FISH stands for Flourescene in situ Hybridization. It is a technique that we can use to visually see a chromosome to look for abnormalities. Primarily, it is used to test for chronic myelogenous leukemia. However, it can be used for various other chromosomal abnormality tests as well.

I havent met with any doctors after getting Faith's Dup15q diagnosis. I did however come across a great website and forum of other parents like me (www.dup15q.org). They even have a parent's support group on facebook. They have been a great source of advice even though I dont fully understand what Dup15q is.

My son has duplication15q as does his younger sibling. I was tested and have the exact duplication they do. We are all on the autism spectrum. Geneticists are finding a strong link with specific genes and chromosomes that are causing autism. I would love to talk with you since I have not read any other's that have the trisomy on this thread.

Yes my son who is asd has dup 15q 11 '13. O also have the exact duplication and was a non verbal autistic child until 5 or 6

My son has something similar, he has duplacted genes, and really it doesnt mean anything, no one has perfect genes, his were 15q. FISH or something. I had my pediatriton tell me, Genetics has had us wait for about 4 months before explaing it, I go on the 17th to discuss it. The dr. ( pediatrion) looked it up, it was on dads side, dont worry, its nothing alarming, and cant be placed with anything like asd, or other things. Everyone has a mutation somewhere. Have you been to gentics yet?