A Long Slow Road to PANS PANDAS Recovery
Around 4th grade, Sylvie was at a friend's house, and I received a call that she wanted to come home. She was scared as she had seen something upsetting on TV; turns out it was a cat that had fallen...
Alphabet Soup – Multiple Diagnoses and Nothing Fits Except PANS PANDAS
I was so relieved to have a diagnosis that made sense finally, which gave us the hope of treating and recovering our...
PANS Patient Story – PANS PANDAS Can Start as an Eating Disorder
PANS PANDAS Can Start as an Eating Disorder Note from ASPIRE: This is a must-read PANS PANDAS Patient Story. A typical happy young girl develops a severe eating disorder and other PANS PANDAS...
The Wall Was Hard to See
This story exemplifies how it is sometimes hard to see the sudden onset or sudden worsening of PANS PANDAS symptoms as you are living (struggling) through it. Remember, someone with PANS PANDAS does...
September 26, 2020
We’re not fighting for this for us
"Last week, in part one of our two-part look into PANDAS/PANS, teens Gino Vitelli and Abby Gauch, along with their mothers, told their stories of living with the auto-immune disease. This week, in...
September 24, 2020
He woke up an altogether different child
‘He woke up an altogether different child’: Massachusetts families speak on living with PANDAS/PANS Wicked Local. By James Kukstis. Sep 24, 2020 Part one of our look into PANDAS/PANS Read...
September 17, 2020
Video – PANS PANDAS at School
ANS PANDAS impacts the physical health of a student and causes psychological, neurological, behavioral, and developmental difficulties. Learn more about PANS PANDAS at...
September 17, 2020
Video – Was your kid a typical kid? Consider PANS PANDAS
If uncontrollable thoughts, fears, and other behavioral changes are taking over your child’s life, Learn About PANS...
September 17, 2020
Virtual Voices for Mental Health: An Online Day of Action
ASPIRE is so happy to announce that we are participating in this year’s Virtual Voices for Mental Health: An Online Day of Action, and you’re invited! Hosted by the International OCD Foundation...
September 6, 2020
Packet – ASPIRE Overview of PANS PANDAS Information
Overview – of PANS/PANDAS Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment. For more in-depth information, please see the www.aspire.care website directly. Share directly from this page or download it to email...
September 4, 2020
Packet – ASPIRE PANS PANDAS Provider Information
ASPIRE PANS PANDAS Current Resources for General Pediatricians. Share directly from this page or download it to email or print. Or contact us if you would like us to directly email your doctor or...