Written by Valaree DonFrancesco on February 22, 2021

I was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome (SPS) on a Monday night in October of 2017. The impact of my condition on my life has been tremendous. My symptoms started after I lost my former husband to suicide in 2014. My kids were eleven and… Read More
Written by Valaree DonFrancesco on March 24, 2020
Washington, DC, March 24, 2020–The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) is pleased to welcome Prashant Goel as the new Vice President of Information Technology, based in the Danbury, CT office. Prashant, who joined NORD in February, leads a team of professionals with extensive knowledge of developing scalable enterprise-level systems,… Read More
Written by Valaree DonFrancesco on October 29, 2019
On the heels of the 2019 Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit, NORD’s Rare Action Network (RAN) Volunteer State Ambassadors made their way to Capitol Hill on October 23, 2019, to tell their stories and show their stripes. Ambassadors from 20 states… Read More