2021 PANS PANDAS Triumphs!
Thank you to everyone who took a moment to celebrate the successes of the past year so our community can carry hope into 2022! ...
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Hold Onto Hope!
At the age of 8, my life, as it was, was taken in a week of sickness because of the flu. I woke up with hallucinations, severe OCD, and ADHD-like...
Being a teen with PANDAS and chronically ill is hard!
I think that people often forget about chronically ill teenagers. We aren't adults yet, but we also aren’t little kids anymore. We're in the middle of everything and everyone. We can understand...
December 10, 2021
Ben’s Cookie Fundraiser for PANS PANDAS!
Success! Ben’s cookie fundraiser was incredibly successful! Ben and his family combined a fundraiser with an awareness event. They took cookie preorders and sold cookies and beverages near...
December 9, 2021
PANS PANDAS Tri-Fold Brochure for Medical & Therapy Provider Offices
This trifold brochure briefly explains PANS PANDAS, families' next steps, where to get more help and ASPIRE...
December 8, 2021
Rhode Island Family Court Judicial Conference
Is It Mental Health or Medical? PANDAS/PANS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection/Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) The Family Court...
December 2, 2021
New Autism Rates Published – 1 in 44
CDC’s Autism Numbers The CDC has released the new estimated Autism Prevalence rates. They report that 1 in 44 or 2.27% of American 8-year-olds have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
November 16, 2021
Pediatric OCD May Respond to Timely IG Therapy
"Timely treatment with IV immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy can help children who develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other severe psychiatric or neurologic symptoms in the aftermath of...
Severe Eating Disorder Due to PANS PANDAS
Our family and B have gone through so much since December 2018. It has been completely devastating emotionally, mentally, physically, and financially. At the time, there didn’t seem to be...
November 11, 2021
Experiences of Families and Patients Affected with PANS PANDAS
You are being invited to participate in a research study of the University of Connecticut, called Experiences of Families Affected by PANS/PANDAS Around the World. Patients and parents of patients...
October 5, 2021
”I Am Not Alone” – PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day 2021 with Gabriella True
Learning to Slay the Beasts Podcast Gabriella True, ASPIRE President, sits down with Sara German of Learning to Slay the Beasts Podcast, to talk all things PANS PANDAS and Autism....
October 2, 2021
PANS PANDAS Research Highlights
Highlights of Key PANS PANDAS Research Download ASPIRE’s 4-page quick research reference handout. Return to Research section PANS Research Return to Section: Handouts &...