In the second of our Family Focus features, Laetitia and Nicolas from Belgium, share their story about new diagnosis and how meeting a family who were so positive really helped in those early days. ‘Since her birth, Camille has been our sun during the day as well as our little star at night … she […]
New Podcast by Jenny Downs
Podcast no 29 : Jenny Downs : Environmental enrichment intervention for Rett Syndrome: an individually randomised stepped wedge trial. ‘This study reinforces why an enriched environment is so important. Not only do children gain important gross motor skills that enable them to be able to explore and have enriched experiences, they also have a physiological […]
Rett Syndrome Russia Shares New Rehab Film
We are delighted to share this file “We Can. We do” which was made as part of the Russian Rett Syndrome Association’s project “Mutual Help: International Cooperation for Children” no. 20-1-027505. The project was the winner of the Presidential Grant fund competition. The film is one of four films in the project. It reflects facets […]
An Invitation to Take Part in a Research Study
“Hello! My name is Usree Bhattacharya and I am mom to a 5-year-old girl, Kalika, with Rett syndrome, and a faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Georgia (US). My training and expertise is in language and literacy socialization, and since my daughter’s diagnosis in 2018, I have been conducting ethnographic […]
#30MillionReasons
Share your reason for action on rare diseases! Rett syndrome is one of around 6000 rare diseases but is one the more common ones affecting 1;10,000 females and 1;40,000 males. We do not know how many people there are living in Europe with Rett syndrome but there are 30 million people living with a rare […]
Meet Ann Charlotte…
Ann-Charlotte is 73 years old and lives in Sweden. Many thanks to Ann-Charlotte, her family and Helena Wandin at The National Rett Centre in Sweden for permission to share this story in the first of our new Family Focus features. ‘Ann-Charlotte “Lottan” Holmström is most probably the oldest person with Rett Syndrome in Sweden and […]
New Dates Announced for the 9th World Congress!
We are all hoping this will go ahead in 2022! Please make a note in your diary and keep an eye on the website as we update you with more information about the event. https://rettworldcongress.org/
RettEd: How Your Child’s Data is Shaping the Future of Rett Research
Date: Tuesday, January 19Time: 1-2:30pm (EST) For the last 16 years, the NIH-funded Natural History Study for Rett Syndrome has been collecting data from over 1000 Rett families. Hear from NHS Principal Investigators, Drs. Alan Percy, Jeffrey Neul, and Eric Marsh on how your data has helped change the management of children and adults with Rett syndrome […]
Russian Rett Syndrome Association – October Awareness Event
In the framework of the project of the Russian Rett Syndrome Association (2020-2021, No. 20-1-027505, Directorate: Development of Public Diplomacy) “Mutual Support: International Cooperation on behalf of Children”, the project team visited Minsk, Belarus on 24-27 October 2020. The Russian project team, consisting of the coordinator, director, operator and medical expert, was in Minsk at […]