Unique has been a source of mutual support and self-help to families of children with a rare chromosome disorder since it was founded by Edna Knight MBE in the UK in 1984 as the Trisomy 9 Support Group.
In 1989, with the support of the In Touch Trust and Contact a Family, the group expanded to include families whose children have any rare chromosome disorder. In 1993 the group was granted Charity Status and the new logo Unique was adopted.
In 1996, Unique launched its comprehensive computerised database to collect information about all aspects of how specific rare chromosome disorders affect individual members over a lifetime. In January 1999, Unique was awarded a 3 year grant by the National Lottery Charities Board to fund a full-time Development Officer and a part-time Family Support Officer. In April 1999, the group's first website was launched and membership stood at just 1192 families.
In 2003, other short-term grants allowed the group to employ a full-time Information Officer to research and produce family-friendly information guides on specific rare chromosome disorders. At the same time, a part-time Assistant Information Officer was employed to produce information on topics such as behaviour, communication, education and so on. A part-time Finance and Fundraising Officer joined us in 2004.
By early 2013, group membership had risen steeply to over10,000 families, representing over 14,000 individuals with a rare chromosome disorder in over 90 countries worldwide. With at least 100 new families now joining us each month, the rate of growth of our membership shows no signs of slowing down! As more sophisticated methods of analysing people’s chromosomes and DNA, like microarrays and next generation sequencing, many more previously undiagnosed people will be receiving a diagnosis of a rare genetic or genomic disorder. Consequently we expect our membership to continue to rise rapidly for the foreseeable future. Of necessity, our team has had to grow to keep pace with the huge increase in our workload.
Over these many years, we have worked very hard to raise awareness of Unique among families and individuals affected by rare chromosome disorders. We have also been spreading awareness of rare chromosome disorders to professionals and to the general public so that they too have an appreciation of the extraordinary challenges our members face. However, securing grants to pay for this work is becoming much more difficult with fewer funding opportunities available and many more charities competing for the same grants. Please help us with donations and fundraising so that we can continue our essential work.
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Chromosome 1 | ||||
1p interstitial deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
1p36 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
1q21.1 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
1q21.1 microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
1q4 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Duplications of 1q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Supernumerary ring chromosome 1 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 2 | ||||
2p deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2p15p16.1 microdeletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2p16.3 (NRXN1) deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q24.3 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q32 deletions and microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q32 deletions and microdeletions French | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q33.1 deletions and other deletions between 2q31 and 2q33 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
2q37 deletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
2q37 deletions adults adolescents | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 2p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 2q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 2 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 3 | ||||
3p25 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
3p26 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
3q13 deletions and microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
3q29 Duplications and Microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
3q29 deletions and microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 3q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 4 | ||||
4p 8p Translocation | Web Version | Print Version | ||
4p Duplications | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
4q deletions between 4q11 and 4q22 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
4q deletions between 4q21 and 4q22 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
4q deletions between 4q21 and 4q31 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
4q deletions from 4q31 and beyond | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 4q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 5 | ||||
5p Trisomy 5p Duplications of 5p15 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
5p Trisomy 5p Inverted duplication and deletion of 5p | Web Version | |||
5p Trisomy 5p Inverted duplication and deletion of 5p | Print Version | |||
5p Trisomy Duplications of 5p13 and 5p14 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
5p Trisomy Duplications of the whole 5p arm | Web Version | Print Version | ||
5p Trisomy Microduplications of 5p13 and 5p14 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
5q deletions including 5q22 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
5q14.3 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 6 | ||||
6p Deletions from 6p25 and the end of the chromosome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6p deletions | Quick Read | |||
6q deletions 6q11 to 6q16 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6q deletions 6q13 to 6q14 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6q deletions 6q15 to 6q23 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6q deletions from 6q23 to 6q24 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6q deletions from 6q25 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
6q deletions from 6q26 and 6q27 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 6p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 6q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 7 | ||||
7q deletions between 7q21 7q32 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
7q deletions proximal interstitial | Web Version | Print Version | ||
7q duplications | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
7q11.23 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
7q32q34 Deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
7q36 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 8 | ||||
4p 8p Translocation | Web Version | Print Version | ||
8p duplications | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
8p inv dup del | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
8p23 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
8p23 duplication | Print Version | |||
8p23 duplications | Web Version | |||
8q duplications | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Supernumerary chromosome 8 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Trisomy 8 Mosaicism | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Trisomy 8 mosaicism in adults | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 9 | ||||
9p deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
9p24 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
9q34 duplication syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 9p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Kleefstra Syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 9 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Tetrasomy 9p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Trisomy 9 mosaicism | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 10 | ||||
10p deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
10q22q24 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
10q25 and 10q26 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Duplications of 10p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 10q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 11 | ||||
11 22 Translocation | Web Version | Print Version | ||
11q deletion disorder Jacobsen syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Emanuel syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 12 | ||||
12q deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
12q14 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 12p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Pallister-Killian syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 13 | ||||
13q deletions including RB1 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
13q deletions various | Web Version | Print Version | ||
13q distal interstitial deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Deletions including the end of 13q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 13 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 14 | ||||
14q deletions between 14q22 14q32 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
14q deletions from 14q31 and 14q32.1 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
14q deletions from 14q32.2 and 14q32.3 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
14q deletions proximal to 14q22 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 14q distal | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 14 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Trisomy 14 mosaicism | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Uniparental Disomy 14 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 15 | ||||
15q Deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
15q11.2 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
15q13.3 microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
15q24 microdeletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
15q26 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 15q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Idic 15 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Ring 15 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 16 | ||||
16p proximal deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p11 2 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p11.2 microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p13 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p13.11 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p13.11 microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16p13.3 duplications and microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
16q Deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 16p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of proximal 16q | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Mosaic Trisomy 16 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 17 | ||||
17p13 1 and 17p13 2 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
17p13 3 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
17q12 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
17q12 microduplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
17q21 31 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 17p | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Koolen-De Vries Syndrome (17q21.31 microdeletions) | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 18 | ||||
18p deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
18q deletions from 18q11.2 to 18q21.2 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
18q deletions from 18q21 and beyond | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 18 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 19 | ||||
19p13.2 microdeletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 20 | ||||
20p deletions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Duplications of 20p | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 20 | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome 21 | ||||
21q deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Ring 21 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome 22 | ||||
11 22 Translocation | Web Version | Print Version | ||
22q11.2 deletions syndrome (Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome) | Web Version | Print Version | ||
22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
22q11.2 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
22q12q13 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
22q13 deletions | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Emanuel syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Ring 22 | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Chromosome X | ||||
Disclosing about XXX for girls | Web Version | |||
Disclosing about XXX for parents | Web Version | |||
Pentasomy X | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Tetrasomy X | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Triple X syndrome Trisomy X | Web Version | Print Version | ||
XXXXY | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
XXXY syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | ||
XXYY syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Xp11.2 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Xq28 duplications | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Chromosome Y | ||||
45X 46XY including Y chromosome rearrangements | Web Version | |||
45X 46XY including Y chromosome rearrangements | Print Version | |||
Disclosing about XYY for parents | Web Version | |||
Disclosing about XYY for boys | Web Version | |||
XXYY syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
XYY | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
XYYY syndrome | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Other | ||||
4q- Parents Perspective | Web Version | |||
Array CGH | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Balanced insertional translocations | Quick Read | |||
Balanced translocations | Web Version | Print Version | ||
DNA Sequencing (Whole Genome and Exome) | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Diploid triploid Children | Quick Read | |||
Diploidy triploidy | Web Version | Print Version | ||
FISH | Web Version | Print Version | Quick Read | |
Inversions | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Robertsonian Translocations | Web Version | |||
Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Triploid Pregnancies | Web Version | |||
Triploidy | Web Version | Print Version | ||
Reports | ||||
1p36 study day report | Web Version | |||
2q37 Deletion Study Weekend Report | Web Version | |||
4q Deletions Study Weekend Report | Web Version | |||
8p23 Deletions and Inv Dup Del 8p Study Weekend Report | Web Version | |||
Kleefstra Syndrome Study Weekend Report | Web Version | |||
Pallister Killian Syndrome Study Weekend Report | Web Version | |||
XXX Study Day Report | Web Version | |||
XYY Study Day Report | Web Version |
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