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Typical Face Suit Pressure King
Many children have a typical facial expression. This is caused by: a little bit upright nose, wide mouth with full lips slightly open, small chin, free chubby cheeks, eyelids heavy, mostly low implanted ears, small teeth. Some children have a star-shaped pattern in the iris and many children have curly hair.

Fusion radius AND ulna
Approximately 10% of children with Williams is born with radio-ulnar synostose. These are the two bones in the forearm, ulna and radius, which fused with the rotation of the forearm is very limited.

Children with this Williams syndrome typically have a friendly nature. Their strength lies in the social field. Their language is usually good after a slow start. They are interested in the people around them and usually friendly and welcoming to their surroundings. They (sometimes) little reserve to strangers and they are usually more interested in contact with adults than with peers.

Most children with The Williams Syndrome have mental retardation. In young children this is a disadvantage on motor development in the field. They reach a little later than usual milestones such as walking, talking and be clean. Especially when the school is often combined with weak concentration of activity, a problem. In the field of language and speech, long-term memory and social skills of children performing well. Many children experience fun listening to and working with music. The children have a good sense of rhythm and tone and they are all fast songs. In other areas such as fine motor skills, coordination of movements and spatial understanding their performance is weaker.