Rare Across America is an advocacy initiative by the EveryLife Foundation that empowers you to meet with your Members of Congress at their local district offices. By sharing your personal story, you can help educate them about the key issues affecting the rare disease community. The program also provides training to ensure you feel confident […]
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Request Meetings with Your Congressional Offices If you have more time, requesting and holding a meeting with your congressional o—ces gives you more time to explain your concerns, ask questions, and ask for their support. For each member of Congress you reach out to, it can take at least one hour total to request the
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Share with Your Network on Social Media You can amplify the epilepsy community’s statement opposing cuts to the CDC, medical research, and ACHDNC by posting on your social media channels. Graphics and sample social media content dveloped by the Epilepsy Foundation can be accessed in this public folder: https://bit.ly/accep25
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Email your Members of Congress! One of the easiest and quickest way to take action is to use the Epilepsy Foundation’s tool to email your members of Congress about your concerns. Just enter your address and a few clicks later, you can send an email to your U.S. Senators and Representative. We strongly encourage advocates
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June 23 is Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day! A great way to spread awareness is to have your city or state make a proclamation in honor of the day. We have prepared this guide to help if you’d like to see if you can make this happen in your local community! If you are interested in
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This multi-day event, hosted by the Rare Disease Legislative Advocates (a program of the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases), brings together rare disease advocates from across the country to make their voices heard by their Members of Congress. Participants are educated on policy proposals impacting the rare disease community and provided opportunities to advocate
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The White House recently unveiled a more detailed budget proposal that sheds additional light on the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the coming year. The proposal includes significant funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The revised budget reinforces earlier intentions to reduce the
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This bill would reauthorize an existing program which allows drug companies to receive a Priority Review Voucher (PRV) in order to have an expedited approval process for a treatment that would benefit pediatric rare disease patients. This is important to our community because we want the companies working on new treatments to have every tool
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The Administration wants to close the U.S. Department of Education, and Congress needs to take action. Without an appropriate education, students with disabilities face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, poor health, and social isolation. The Department of Education is crucial for students with disabilities. It holds states accountable when they’re not meeting the needs of
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There is a new effort underway to create a National Plan for the Epilepsies. This legislation, if passed, would direct the federal government to develop a National Plan for Epilepsy to prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure the epilepsies and improve the well-being of people with epilepsy and their families. We support anything that would bring
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