ASPIRE Blog

ASPIRE is thrilled to announce that Children’s Autoimmune Brain Disorder Association (CABDA) will merge with us. We look forward to working together with a shared vision to achieve our mission. Let’s move mountains!

Thank you to ASPIRE donor and supporter, Katie Emmet for opening your amazing space for us to have our Board Meeting and Board and Committee dinner.

CTPPP Wilton Meet Up Group will now be meeting on the First Wednesday of the month!

PANS/PANDAS is a rough road but coming to the ASPIRE Board Meeting table and mapping out a plan for the next quarter and beyond is all four of these opening words: productive, fun, energizing, inspiring.

A million thank you’s to Steve Dupler who owns the fabulous Blue Gallery! He opened the doors to ASPIRE so we could begin work on an advocacy project. Blue Gallery is a gem of a NYC venue and exhibition space just a few blocks from Grand Central!

“Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infection or PANDAS can also be called post-streptococcal autoimmune basal ganglia encephalitis. Like other forms of autoimmune encephalitis,

Free Online Seminar for Educators on PANDAS/PANS is now available through the University at Buffalo Occupational Therapy and the incredible Jan Trigilio Tona

Connecticut Families and Patients – Attention – Participants needed for Study. See Detail below. Questions should be directed to the researchers listed below. If you would like a pdf of […]

ASPIRE is proud to sponsor this educational event. Understanding Neuroimmune and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

by Owen Ross, Kerri Ross, Dr. Rachel Avery Looking for a great back-to-school book to help teach your kiddo’s classmates (and even teachers) about PANS/PANDAS?  It is a wonderful book […]

Anti-lysoganglioside and other anti-neuronal autoantibodies in post-treatment Lyme Disease and Erythema Migrans after repeat infection Brian A.Fallon, BarbaraStrobino, SeanReim, JulieStoner, Madeleine W.Cunningham Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, Volume 2, […]

Preparing for Immunology Appointments & What Immunologists Should Know About PANS Wendy Nawara, MSW, ASPIRE Past President & Founding Board Member, interviews Maeve E. O’Connor, MD FACAAI FAAAAI FACP on the […]