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
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...
2019 Helen Walker Research Grant For Pompe Disease Now Accepting Applications
The AMDA is excited to announce a research grant opportunity for applicants who are involved in Pompe Disease research. This grant opportunity was made possible by the 2019 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
2019 PCMA’s Pull For Pompe!
The AMDA is excited to announce that the 2019 PCMA’s Pull for Pompe will take place on Saturday, April 13th at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas! This is the 9th Annual Pull for Pompe hosted by the PCMA. The Pull for Pompe clay shooting event is...
Press Release: Amicus Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 PROPEL Study
Amicus Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 PROPEL Pivotal Study of AT-GAA in Patients with Pompe Disease Global Study to Assess AT-GAA Compared to Standard-of-Care Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) over 52 Weeks CRANBURY, N.J., Dec. 20, 2018— Amicus...
Press Release: Spark Therapeutics Announces New Preclinical Data for Pompe Disease Gene Therapy
Spark Therapeutics Announces New Preclinical Data for Pompe Disease Gene Therapy Candidate Data from IND-enabling studies in three species support moving SPK-3006 into the clinic in 2019 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 08, 2018—Spark Therapeutics, a fully integrated, commercial...
AMDA Webinar: Spark Therapeutics Gene Therapy Research
SPARK THERAPEUTICS GENE THERAPY RESEARCH WEBINAR Please join the AMDA for a webinar focused on Spark Therapeutics and gene therapy research Take this opportunity to learn more about Spark as a company and the field of gene therapy research. We will be joined by...
2018 Helen Walker Research Grant For Pompe Disease Now Accepting Applications
The AMDA is excited to announce a research grant opportunity for applicants who are involved in Pompe Disease research. This grant opportunity was made possible by the 2018 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
Press Release: Amicus Announces Regulatory and Clinical Updates for AT-GAA in Pompe Disease
CRANBURY, N.J., Sept. 10, 2018—Amicus Therapeutics, a global biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and delivering novel medicines for rare metabolic diseases, announced today regulatory and clinical advancements in its development program AT-GAA for...
Press Release from Erasmus Medical Center: Making Muscle from Skin
Researchers from the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands, have succeeded in generating muscle cells from skin cells. This is significant as skin cells can be relatively easily obtained from a skin biopsy. The team developed a protocol to obtain pure muscle cells (ie...
2017 Helen Walker Research Grant For Pompe Disease Now Accepting Applications
The AMDA is excited to announce a research grant opportunity for applicants who are involved in Pompe Disease research. This grant opportunity was made possible by the 2017 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
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