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Photo: Andrew Rosen (right) presents a Certificate of Appreciation at the Orange County Walk N’ Roll to Cure Ataxia Author: Andrew Rosen, Executive Director The Read More…
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Photo: Andrew Rosen (right) presents a Certificate of Appreciation at the Orange County Walk N’ Roll to Cure Ataxia Author: Andrew Rosen, Executive Director The Read More…

Author: Lori Shogren, Community Program and Services Director An IAAD Like No Other September 25th is International Ataxia awareness Day (IAAD). Over the last 20 years IAAD has grown from Read More…

Author: Joel Sutherland, Development Director Many people believe there is NOTHING they do to raise funds and teach more people about Ataxia. Wrong! Not only Read More…

Author: Sue Hagen, Patient and Research Services Director A Community Mobilized Toward Treatments One of the goals of a disease-specific patient organization is to provide Read More…

Author: Greg Rooks, NAF Support Group Leader The Greater Atlanta Ataxia Support Group held its annual picnic at Lake Lanier on June 15th. We had Read More…

Author: Andrew Rosen, Executive Director A Note from Andrew Hi Everyone: August in Minnesota. It is hot and humid, and thoughts have turned to my Read More…

Author: Shannon Dunphy Lazo, NAF Support Group Leader Our June 8th meeting was held at the Center for Advanced Medicine. Melinda McAliney, our guest speaker, Read More…

Photo: Treasure Coast Ataxia Support Group Author: NAF Support Group Leaders Treasure Coast Ataxia Support Group Meeting On June 29, at the Chop House we Read More…

SCA Global Launches Website The inaugural meeting of the SCA Global initiative was held at NAF’s Annual Ataxia Conference in April of 2018. Researchers from Read More…
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Saga of a CHAIR Prajakta Samant and Amit Patil When we hear a word “chair”, the first thing that Read More…
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