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September 10, 2026
Resources for Kids, Teens & Young Adults with PANS/PANDAS
Resources for Kids, Teens & Young Adults with PANS/PANDAS Living with PANS/PANDAS can impact school, friendships, activities, and family life. Managing appointments, treatments, symptoms, and...
September 9, 2026
Vogue Magazine – Who Shows Up—and Who Vanishes—When Your Kid Is in Trouble?
Who Shows Up—and Who Vanishes—When Your Kid Is in Trouble? By Jessica Slice September 9, 2026 This piece hit very close to home. I’ve been part of the autism community,...
September 9, 2026
ASPIRE Joins Joint Statement in Support of the 2026 IACC Strategic Plan
As a PANS/PANDAS organization, our involvement is important. PANS/PANDAS can occur in autistic individuals, and the Plan’s increased attention to co-occurring medical conditions and...
September 4, 2026
Why States Need to Require PANS/PANDAS Provider Education: The Cost of Inaction
Earlier Recognition Can Reduce Avoidable Harm and Expense PANS and PANDAS are immune-mediated conditions characterized by sudden or newly worsening neuropsychiatric symptoms, including...
September 3, 2026
World PANS PANDAS Awareness Day #LightUp4PANS
Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers to reach out to their municipalities to request that they light up monuments, like the state house, bridges, monuments, etc., be lit up on October 9th,...
September 2, 2026
Making Space for Grief in the PANS/PANDAS Community
National Grief Awareness Day is a good time to recognize a kind of grief that is often hard to describe. For those who have PANS and PANDAS and for the...
August 8, 2026
‘Brains on Fire:’ Advocates push for treatment of rare children’s syndrome
Bills would make Michigan the 17th state to mandate health coverage for treatment of syndrome tied to strep and other infections. Dozens of Michigan children with a rare psychiatric disorder...
August 7, 2026
New Research Identifies Autoantibodies and Altered Antiviral Immune Responses in a Subset of Children With PANS
Autoantibodies & Altered Antiviral Immune Responses in a Subset of Children With PANS A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University offers further evidence of immune...