Research Webinar Join us for an engaging research webinar presented by the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) and the Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation (UDNF), where we will highlight progress in the field of undiagnosed and ultra-rare diseases. This webinar will showcase research advancements...
Read the October E-News Highlights Undiagnosed. UIltra-rare. United. UDNF Community Events Heartfelt letters written by current and past UDNF PEER members...
Growing up Together: Recognizing and Supporting Siblings of the Undiagnosed & Ultra-rare Join us on Tuesday, November 12th at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time as we explore the challenges siblings experience, from feeling overlooked to finding the balance between their own needs and those of their......
What the UDN offers patients like myself extends far beyond the obvious search for diagnosis and treatment. It offers a far more elusive gift; one that we struggle at times to find, and at other times to hang on to. One that we frequently abandon when caught in the throes of nihilistic despair.
It offers HOPE.
– Ingrid Kovitch, UDN Participant
When people meet our daughter Kaci, they politely ask, “What is her diagnosis?”. I always respond with “Well, that is a really good question that we do not have an answer to”. I then proceed to spew off some of her main challenges, such as
Posted originally on Once Upon a Gene. Written by Effie Parks. I met Meghan Halley on the NORD Living Rare Living Stronger planning committee. She co-chairs the patient and family support group for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network. She’s a Stanford research scholar and a mom to
From the age of 12, our son Mitchell lived each day knowing that an unknown disease was slowly robbing him of his hearing, leg movement and sensation, and his overall independence. He was receiving care from neurologists and specialists at one of the top pediatric
