Living with an Altered Chromosome (Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome)

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  • čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
  • Jesse is diagnosed with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a condition that alters his 18th chromosome. Although he is nonverbal, Jesse still communicates in many ways.
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Komentáře • 127

  • @jacket5456
    @jacket5456 Před 2 lety +153

    I see him back there watching Super Mario Galaxy. That game was my childhood. Honestly, I think the internet is such a great thing because it makes videos of all kinds of games and tv shows available to those who need them to cope. I'm sure being able to dive into another world like that is really important in Jesse's life.

    • @pinkpanther2288
      @pinkpanther2288 Před 2 lety +4

      🤗👍🏻👏🏻👏🏽😊😘 Thank you Jacket, you said what I was tripping over. WELL DONE 😘

    • @Heretowatchvideos123
      @Heretowatchvideos123 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I also saw him watching veggie tales little Einstein and Sesame Street

  • @quartz14girl
    @quartz14girl Před 2 lety +90

    "He has a right to say no."
    Yes! What a wonderful advocate he has in Mom.

  • @pineappledinosinspace
    @pineappledinosinspace Před 2 lety +103

    I LOVE how excited Jesse is about reading books and how happy he seems to be playing with Chris. He's such a sweet spirit

  • @TheTiayahi
    @TheTiayahi Před 3 lety +145

    I'm glad for him that she said she wants, "quality of life for him." This is so important. It is obvious from his smile and his clapping that he is a happy person.

  • @quinceyb921
    @quinceyb921 Před 2 lety +40

    Wow. Simply wow. My child has this rare syndrome and he is 8 yrs old right now. He is so, so adept at picking up feelings or if someone is down. He doesn't have a huge vocabulary but he understands EVERYTHING said and he is so intuitive with others. His best friend's name happens to be Jesse and i thought that to be a huge coincidence

  • @allinson_sam
    @allinson_sam Před 2 lety +29

    Can I just praise Chris for his patience & understanding for people who have disabilities he is so thoughtful for the parents & asks appropriate questions without offending them. He is an advocate for people who have disabilities who want to share their experiences to the world. I have autism & 22q11 Deletion Syndrome I have applied to be on this but heard nothing back other than that keep up the good work Chris & Alyssa.

  • @alissarmoussa947
    @alissarmoussa947 Před 3 lety +167

    I love learning about the different ways of people can communicate, this is really cool

  • @jasmineray2149
    @jasmineray2149 Před 2 lety +45

    My son is two and also has Pitt Hopkins. Thank you for sharing this.

    • @Kai-eb1fv
      @Kai-eb1fv Před rokem +2

      Here’s your reminder that you’re doing a great job as a mother ❤️

  • @kellanbellchamber6430
    @kellanbellchamber6430 Před 3 lety +112

    This channel really shows all the cool ways there are to communicate besides verbal/signing/etc. and it’s super freaking cool. Jesse you are awesome 🤩

  • @pendapalanamundjebo5328
    @pendapalanamundjebo5328 Před 3 lety +129

    "Do you like going to music therapy?"... No! 🏃🏻‍♂️💨*Goes to computer 😂❤️

    • @SuperMatyoO
      @SuperMatyoO Před 2 lety +12

      I love how he did that like he was saying "Listen, I don't even care what you're asking, I'll say 'no', let me go"

    • @ohitsthem7601
      @ohitsthem7601 Před rokem +4

      I feel it lmaoo

    • @michaelbarber4813
      @michaelbarber4813 Před rokem +1

      Love him this is sue

  • @loriepolson7931
    @loriepolson7931 Před 3 lety +69

    Chris you are a very special person. God bless you.

  • @Julia-vb3rk
    @Julia-vb3rk Před 3 lety +51

    I love Jesse's enthusiasm!

  • @beegee80
    @beegee80 Před 2 lety +34

    This channel is such a blessing. The "Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking" story, oh my God. (T_T) That is so sweet.

  • @moissery
    @moissery Před rokem +10

    His smile and excitement is so contagious!

  • @GeorgiaGeorgette
    @GeorgiaGeorgette Před 2 lety +15

    Jesse is such a fun person, so engaged and emotive. He's obviously very bright. His family are the perfect people to help him thrive and it's clear that he has a great life.

  • @CrystalCat24
    @CrystalCat24 Před 2 lety +22

    Jesse is great! He definitely knows every page of each book and knows when to turn the pages! It looks like he's not paying attention sometimes but he is! It's fantastic.

  • @mishsana69
    @mishsana69 Před rokem +8

    What an awesome young man, he may not have the words but he sure understand what's going on around him and seems to be such a happy person

  • @brooksrogers1975
    @brooksrogers1975 Před 2 lety +21

    Like Jesse, my brother doesn't have speech, he was also blinded at birth. And like Jesse, people who meet my brother a couple of times are always astonished at how much he knows and understands. Great meeting Jesse!

  • @cherylsutherland9464
    @cherylsutherland9464 Před 3 lety +20

    He is beautiful 😊🙏
    I just love him ❤
    Jessie you are gorgeous 🥰
    Love from Perth Western Australia Australia 🇦🇺

  • @Kai-eb1fv
    @Kai-eb1fv Před rokem +7

    The “smile though your heart is breaking” story made me shed a few tears

  • @drindy5166
    @drindy5166 Před 2 lety +6

    This has to be literally one of my favorite channels on youtube. I find myself watching so many episodes right after work. This interview was soo good.

  • @kadybehmer9966
    @kadybehmer9966 Před rokem +7

    Omg I love this kid. All the kids you interview are all soo amazing but I think socializing with this kid would be so unique and such a great experience. Your so lucky to meet such awesome people.

  • @jenwillis01
    @jenwillis01 Před 3 lety +38

    just after few minutes of watching this video, I just feel like I want to be friends with him. I am a nurse and I use to work in Behavioral Health. Its amazing how they can express their feeling to communicate with you in their own unique way.

  • @MJ69ism
    @MJ69ism Před 2 lety +16

    What a lovely smile he’s awesome

  • @jacksadowsky6349
    @jacksadowsky6349 Před 3 lety +13

    I'm happy that comments are back
    Jesse you are the best bro 👌

  • @yumi-jx5nz
    @yumi-jx5nz Před 2 lety +13

    his family is so lovely!

  • @anattablue
    @anattablue Před 3 lety +17

    Look at this man go!

  • @bucs1015
    @bucs1015 Před 2 lety +9

    Keep up the awesome things you do for folks like this!!

  • @martinauld670
    @martinauld670 Před rokem +2

    Gotta respect Chris and the work he does. Such a wholesome channel

  • @ethanedward9643
    @ethanedward9643 Před 3 lety +9

    Yes!!! Comments are back!!!

  • @Madome230
    @Madome230 Před 2 lety +5

    11:02 do u like music therapy NO THEN THE WALK OFF 🤣🤣🤣👍🏽HE KEPT IT SO REAL

  • @kendra8888
    @kendra8888 Před 2 lety +4

    The mom's comment about his amount of depth, that's unfortunately such a sad fact of life. There are soooo many layers to the human mind, it's easy to think someone doesn't understand things, just because they can't communicate like we expect. It's similar to thinking someone without legs can not get from point A to point B, but they can! It's just their path to get there might be little different, and might take a little longer.
    We often forget that with certain disabilities.
    Everyone needs to be loved and understood. We all need to try harder to make connections and accommodations for those who need it most.
    ❤️🙏
    I praise this guy for teaching us. I really do. My heart grows each time I watch these videos.

  • @millennialboomer
    @millennialboomer Před 2 lety +5

    Definitely a teenager. “No.” *walks away

  • @eliselaughlin1886
    @eliselaughlin1886 Před 3 lety +9

    Jesse u r an amazing and sweet guy.

  • @denisejones3017
    @denisejones3017 Před 2 lety +6

    I just want to thankyou for making this show .... I love learning about these beautiful individuals who I think are absolutely amazing

  • @shanehess931
    @shanehess931 Před 2 lety +2

    I love your passion in touching these lives bro, it’s very genuine.

  • @marleenninaka1303
    @marleenninaka1303 Před 3 lety +37

    Hi everyone: It's so nice to see you all again on CZcams. I hope to meet you all one day. Take care and stay safe.

    • @Chelle8847
      @Chelle8847 Před 2 lety +3

      You want to meet all of the viewers...? Or did you mean you want to meet Chris with SBSK?

    • @marleenninaka1303
      @marleenninaka1303 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Chelle8847 Both.

  • @abdullahak2204
    @abdullahak2204 Před 2 lety +8

    He has such a great personality! 😊

  • @junecooper4688
    @junecooper4688 Před 2 lety +4

    Jessie is a happy boy,he's so exuberant

  • @ingeborgm6147
    @ingeborgm6147 Před 3 lety +28

    He repeats everything because he knows the answers and it makes him so very happy! Isn't that a wonderful gift? Imagine if life would be that wonderful for us! His brain does not tell him he just did the same thing and knows the answer....o, he feels like he just A-ced the most difficult test and is beside himself for joy! So he does it again and than he has a new book and it starts all over again. I bet he is exhausted when it is bedtime because he never lets his brain rest!

  • @ZackieLovesSalad
    @ZackieLovesSalad Před 3 lety +10

    Awesome!

  • @jnieswartz4878
    @jnieswartz4878 Před 2 lety +2

    I adore this kid! He’s incredibly sweet and happy!

  • @user-wu8ey2sd9m
    @user-wu8ey2sd9m Před 2 měsíci

    Chris is one of a kind his voice is wonderful so clear so everyone can understand love this beautiful soul bless you chris ❤🙏🤝🙏✌️

  • @jorgealejandro672
    @jorgealejandro672 Před rokem +1

    Oh my god he is so cute. Thank you so much for what you do.

  • @jocelyng7991
    @jocelyng7991 Před 2 lety +2

    I just love how Jess communicates it makes Me happy!!🤗

  • @jocelyng7991
    @jocelyng7991 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank You for sharing this with me!!

  • @lets_summini
    @lets_summini Před rokem +1

    Jesse absolutely enjoyed it when you were reading his favorite books.. with him, not to him, but together! That's what he's so excited about! I love his energy!

  • @jtag7069
    @jtag7069 Před 2 lety +10

    Jesse is such a sweet guy I'd love to hang out with him

  • @corinneweisbein6679
    @corinneweisbein6679 Před 2 lety +4

    Jesse is absolutely good looking and handsome 😍

  • @tgees8180
    @tgees8180 Před 2 lety +3

    Great show

  • @henriekeschouten1304
    @henriekeschouten1304 Před 2 lety +5

    There is defenitely dept when his mom says we dont know what is ahead and he Comes to her with a kiss

  • @jocelyng7991
    @jocelyng7991 Před 2 lety +2

    This is My favorite video!!

  • @xenoxboi795
    @xenoxboi795 Před 2 lety +2

    God bless them this was so sweet and awesome and God bless you reading this he loves you more than you could ever know Nothing you do NOTHING can make Him love you less

  • @JonathanHernandez-mm3nd

    May god be with Jesse and god bless his family and god bless you Chris.

  • @sucompany5924
    @sucompany5924 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for sharing

  • @charlesparrish2831
    @charlesparrish2831 Před 2 lety +5

    He seems intelligent but very very hyper and anxious!He’s definitely happy and intelligent though.Hopefully he will get treatment to calm his anxiety.

    • @jacqueeelle6287
      @jacqueeelle6287 Před 2 lety +8

      It's possible he just seemed anxious because new people were in his home and it was an exciting experience for him.

    • @charlesparrish2831
      @charlesparrish2831 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jacqueeelle6287 True

  • @melwignal
    @melwignal Před 2 lety +1

    I love Jessie energy and he is adorable.

  • @thelehmi7029
    @thelehmi7029 Před 2 lety +7

    What a nice boy! A pure and good soul :)

  • @ceciliapessica4317
    @ceciliapessica4317 Před 2 lety +4

    As pessoas especiais ficam encantadas com você .Elas percebem que o seu interesse nelas é realmente sincero

  • @barryretmanski4763
    @barryretmanski4763 Před 2 lety +2

    I love the way he would answer and then push the pad away... 🤣 I can also relate to his love of the computer, I watch a lot of CZcams too.

  • @tatianaflores1926
    @tatianaflores1926 Před rokem

    What a blessing to this world!

  • @hashidraws
    @hashidraws Před 2 lety +1

    He's so adorable omg 😍😭❤

  • @mryoshi1221
    @mryoshi1221 Před 2 lety +2

    Blues Clues and Super Mario .... POG moment

  • @pandyjohnson8980
    @pandyjohnson8980 Před rokem +1

    He is a sweetheart so cute

  • @sarahawkinsliepke4908
    @sarahawkinsliepke4908 Před rokem +1

    I really like this guy

  • @teags3559
    @teags3559 Před rokem +2

    my little brother has Pitt Hopkins as well

  • @Alwaysherethere
    @Alwaysherethere Před rokem

    I love this kid!

  • @bentraeger230
    @bentraeger230 Před 2 lety +4

    Awesome Parents 🤩👍👍👍

  • @isaacgarcia8686
    @isaacgarcia8686 Před 7 měsíci

    the questions I always ask myself when watching these type of video's is what type of existence is this, and is it worth it.

  • @Clydekid
    @Clydekid Před 2 lety +1

    I hope he has a great life

  • @ms2507
    @ms2507 Před 2 lety

    God bless you✨ 💛✨

  • @flxmkr
    @flxmkr Před rokem +1

    “Do you like going to music therapy?”
    “No!” [leaves]
    “Oh, that’s not true!”
    🤣😂😅

  • @Alwaysherethere
    @Alwaysherethere Před 2 měsíci

    He seems like a pretty smart kid to me!❤

  • @dadycreations100
    @dadycreations100 Před 9 měsíci

    The song Jesse chosed for his grieving mom impressed me. I always thought that inside any apparently crazy/disabled/mentally rearded person there's a sane person who knows exactly what is going on around them. Only this person can not communicate with the external world, but he's there .. In depth, as mom tell us.

  • @MrPillowStudios
    @MrPillowStudios Před rokem

    I like his manners.

  • @collinlangston6980
    @collinlangston6980 Před 2 lety +2

    My man watching Little Einsteins in the background!

  • @tristantheoofer2
    @tristantheoofer2 Před rokem

    honestly until i watched this i never knew that understanding language
    being told to you and forming
    sentences yourself were entirely unrelated to eachother in the brain. and honestly seeing something like that is sorta cool. mostly everyone in cool in their own sorta way

  • @Heyymynameisjbells
    @Heyymynameisjbells Před 2 lety +1

    I used to have a student with this condition.

  • @karencheng8006
    @karencheng8006 Před 2 lety +2

    超可愛

  • @jocelyng7991
    @jocelyng7991 Před 2 lety +2

    💖💖💖💖

  • @aronlelenora9572
    @aronlelenora9572 Před 2 lety +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @Heretowatchvideos123
    @Heretowatchvideos123 Před 7 měsíci

    Love how bro is watching veggie tales, little Einstein and Sesame street in the background

  • @mikecampos5123
    @mikecampos5123 Před rokem

    I would love to be Jesse's friend he is very smart

  • @brettjames1992
    @brettjames1992 Před rokem

    I love to read books magazines papers

  • @jackrusselpupper1979
    @jackrusselpupper1979 Před 2 lety

    What is chromosome reverse? I’ve never heard of this disorder.

  • @joescaletta9665
    @joescaletta9665 Před 2 lety +1

    I love his energy but I hope that’s now what I think it is that showed up on the computer at 4:11? 🤨😂😭

  • @MultiDudeman
    @MultiDudeman Před rokem

    Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins! I'd love to bond with him over that, great game!

  • @johnhenson7581
    @johnhenson7581 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Chris my name is John I have cerebral palsy I communicate with my iPad but I can also White sign

  • @Cetrifuga1945
    @Cetrifuga1945 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Ciaooo ragazzo povero in una malattia tosta però sembra per quello che vedo intelligente però nn posso dire nn conosco la situazione sei un grande ragazzo ti mando un saluto a te e tuo papà ok ciaooo

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Před 2 lety +1

    👍👍

  • @denisereid7048
    @denisereid7048 Před 2 lety +5

    This reminds me of autism.are there any connections?

    • @annarose7341
      @annarose7341 Před 2 lety +13

      Hi there! I'm Jesse's sister in the video. This is a great question. For years, he was diagnosed with autism because there were lots of things about him that fit. But there were some things that didn't. It helped him get the services and care he needed as he was growing up though. It wasn't until a year or two before this video that Jesse had genetic testing done and they found his 18th chromosome to be altered. This is how we found about Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome. The discovery of that in itself is fairly new as well, but having the diagnosis now has changed even more for Jesse. Like my mom said, the oldest people we know are in their 40s so there's still more to discover about it.

    • @jasmineray2149
      @jasmineray2149 Před 2 lety +3

      @@annarose7341 I love Jesse!!! My son is 2. He has PTHS. his TCF4 is mutated. Finn has a lot of similarities. Thank you so much for easing this mamas mind and sharing Jesse.

  • @Clydekid
    @Clydekid Před 2 lety

    You sound like Steve when you read!

  • @victoriabrown972
    @victoriabrown972 Před 2 lety +2

    Me not realizing the blue's clues dog was a female until now...

  • @williamking2371
    @williamking2371 Před 2 lety

    🥰🥰🥰

  • @Ap9leJacks-wy3pq
    @Ap9leJacks-wy3pq Před rokem

    He’s a great looking guy. This just isn’t fair.

  • @randroid4504
    @randroid4504 Před rokem

    lol i could see super mario land 2 on his computer screen

  • @jackrusselpupper1979
    @jackrusselpupper1979 Před 2 lety +2

    I had no idea there were so many genetically mishaps existed.

  • @Cetrifuga1945
    @Cetrifuga1945 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Ciaooo bella gente di un canale CZcams di tutto rispetto avanti così ok ciaooo❤

  • @OmegaSlashYoBallsOpen
    @OmegaSlashYoBallsOpen Před 2 lety

    Haha Go Animate Boris go brrr