TOP NEWS
Grief and Rare Disease: Recognizing Loss and Building Grief Literacy
This past May, our hearts broke twice. Within just two weeks, the Pompe community said goodbye to two extraordinary advocates: Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde with the IPA, and our beloved Tiffany House with AMDA/IPA. Their passing illuminated something profound: grief lives everywhere in our community, often in ways we don’t recognize or name.
The parent who mourns the carefree childhood their child will never have. The adult with late-onset Pompe disease who grieves the marathon they’ll never run again. The spouse watching their partner’s strength fade, carrying the weight of tomorrow’s uncertainties. These experiences are real, valid, and profound, yet they often go unacknowledged. We call this grief illiteracy, and it’s time we changed that conversation.
Grief isn’t weakness. It’s love with nowhere to go. It’s hope recalibrating. It’s proof that something mattered deeply to us. When we learn to recognize grief’s many forms and respond with compassion, we create space for authentic healing and build a community where no one has to carry their sorrow alone.
Read the full article to explore the different types of grief, understand how it affects our daily lives, and discover practical ways to build grief literacy in the Pompe community.
OTHER NEWS
Audentes Pompe Program Update
Audentes has released a Pompe Program Update. It includes information regarding FORTIS, their clinical trial for gene therapy for Pompe. To read the Pompe Program Update, please click here.
Spark Therapeutics Clinical Trial FAQ
Spark Therapeutics has developed a “Frequently Asked Questions” document regarding their RESOLUTE clinical trial. Please click here to read.
Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting—UPDATE
As everyone knows, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting (PFDD) that was originally scheduled for March 09, 2020, was postponed. It has been moved to a Virtual Meeting that will take place Monday, July 13, 2020, from...
2020 PCMA Pull For Pompe!—Cancelled
Update: July 8, 2020 It is with great sadness and disappointment that we hereby announce the cancellation of the 2020 Pull For Pompe Shoot due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.When we initially postponed the Shoot to August 15, we had high hopes that the virus would...
AMDA Q and A with Dr. Priya Kishnani on COVID-19 and Pompe
With all of the questions and uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AMDA worked with Dr. Priya Kishnani and her group at Duke University on the following Question and Answer Fact Sheet. We hope that the Pompe Community will find the information...
Statement from Spark Therapeutics on COVID-19 and their Pompe Program
Dear IPA Board of Directors, As I’m sure you are aware, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a pandemic in response to the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. Given this serious health situation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Statement from Amicus regarding COVID-19
Please click here to read a statement from Amicus Therapeutics regarding COVID-19.
10th Annual PCMA Pull for Pompe!
Announcement Regarding COVID-19 and the Pull for Pompe (03/18/2020): After careful consideration, and long discussions among the organizers; the 2020 PCMA Pull for Pompe has been postponed until Saturday, August 15, 2020. The Team of volunteers for The Pull For Pompe...
Upcoming Webinar: January 23, 2020
AMDA WEBINAR Title: The common c.-32-13T>G splicing variant of GAA gene: from functional characterization to the identification of new therapeutic targets for Pompe disease. Date: January 23, 2020 Time: 9:30am PT, 11:30am CT, 12:30pm ET Register Now: ...
Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting to be held March 09, 2020
The AMDA is excited to announce that it is partnering with the MDA to host a Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting (PFDD) on March 09, 2020. The PFDD meeting is an opportunity for patients and families living with Pompe disease to share their perspective and inform...
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