By RSE board member and ePAG Yvonne Milne The EURORDIS Winter School that took place in Paris in March was a great opportunity for those attending to share information and network with other rare disability group representatives. We soon learnt that we had so much in common, with shared values and missions. As a result […]
Austrian Rett-Syndrome Association (ÖRSG) Family Weekend 2018
On the weekend from June 22nd to 24th 2018 the yearly family weekend took place in the wonderful surroundings of Attersee-Lake and the pre-alpine landscape. Nearly 100 attendants – parents, Rett-girls, Rett-boy, siblings, carers and speakers were very pleased and appreciated the “come together” of the Rett-families. During the Board meeting on Friday afternoon, the […]
RSE is represented at the inaugural Eurordis Winterschool Paris, march 2018
As a RSE Board member and ePAG patient representative for the ITHACA ERN, I was privileged to be invited to attend this new initiative, which was held at the IMAGINE Institute, Paris March 19 – 23. It was financed through the EU funded Solve-RD project, of which EURORDIS is a partner. The aim of the […]
AIRETT International Call for Research Projects on Rett Syndrome
AIRETT, the Associazione Italiana Rett Onlus (no-profit Italian Rett Association) that brings together the families of children affected by Rett syndrome (RTT), intends to contribute to the development of basic research activities, applied clinical research, and development of new rehabilitation approaches focusing on RTT (MeCP2, CDKL5 and FOXG1 genes). We are seeking grant applications that […]
Rett Meeting Rome 27-29 September 2018
Italian foundation ProRett Reserca is organizing an international scientific meeting in Rome this year. For more details please check the website of the event: https://www.rettrome2018.org/
Enhancing collaborations between Rett Centers
Representatives of the recently opened Rett Center in Paris and the Maastricht Rett Expertise Center meet together on 15/02/2018 with the president of Rett Syndrome Europe in Paris to discuss new ways of working together. The team of Paris was represented by: Dr Nadia Bahi Buisson, Dr Marie Hully, Prof Brigitte Fauroux, Dr […]
Berlin Congress Report
Country update Berlin 2017 – by Stella Peckary A poster walk of 27 posters with a country update of 25 Rett-Association took place on Friday, during lunch time. A representative of each country was invited to speak briefly about recent activities, National Centres for Rare Diseases and Rett specialist services in his their country. The […]
European Rett Syndrome Congress in Berlin
5. European Rett Syndrome Congress, 2.-4. November 2017, Berlin The unique ambience of the Rett Congress in Berlin: international experts in a cooperative interchange with concerned parents “Connecting people – exchanging knowledge and experience!“ This was the motto of the 5th European Rett Syndrome Congress, which took place at the beginning of November 2017 in […]
Eurordis CEF Workshop 26-27 October 2017 report
By Thomas Bertrand. During the first day, Councils of European Federations (CEF) and Councils of National Alliances (CAN) gathered in Paris to learn about the recent work from Eurordis (RareConnect, RareBarometer, an update from the Eurordis position paper on social policy and the announcement of the next ECRD in Vienna 2018). An Update on ERN […]
Rett Syndrome Europe new board – a message from the president
(from left to right: Danijela Szili, Yvonne Milne, Wilfried Asthalter, Stella Peckary, Caroline Lietaer) To succeed Thomas Bertrand as a president will be a honour and a challenging assignment. He was an excellent president and exceptional person. His mandate was over, we would have loved to keep him for many more years. I want […]