ASPIRE is happy to announce that New England Center for Health, lead by Dr. Nancy O’Hara (ASPIRE Professional Advisory Board Member), Dr. Lindsey Wells, and Vicki Kobliner will host zoom calls...
ASPIRE sits down with Julie Cox, LCSW, to discuss why therapeutic strategies can be beneficial to PANS PANDAS parents and caregivers, how not to pathologize everything, and ways to accept that the...
Announcing The Heartwood Program – Dr. Susan Swedo’s Consultation Practice! ASPIRE is pleased to share news from Dr. Susan Swedo, ASPIRE ex-officio Board Member regarding the opening of her...
AAIDA is excited to partner with ASPIRE is excited to partner with AAIDA to bring you this educational webinar on August 21 at 2:00pm...
In response to the COVID-19, a global pandemic, that has affected all of our lives, ASPIRE is putting together a series of Q&As from a variety of professionals. We will be updating this resource...
Overview – of PANS/PANDAS Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment. For more in-depth information, please see the www.aspire.care website...
A Talk with Nathan Who is Recovering from PANS/PANDAS, Lyme & CIRS Gabriella: I had a chat with Dr. Nancy O’Hara, Nathan, and his mom a few years ago and was blown away by this dynamic...
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. ASPIRE will post several topics on Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Illness. Check back here for...
April is Occupational Therapy Month! ASPIRE sits down with Michelle Newby, BHSc(OT), MSc, to discuss how Occupational Therapy is helpful for PANS/PANDAS patients and to encourage everyone to enroll...
We know there is no parenting playbook; there certainly isn’t one when you add PANS/PANDAS to the mix. As parents, we are often second-guessing our decisions. So, as you read this section on...
We encourage clinicians, teachers, providers, etc. to understand the human aspects of PANS/PANDAS as symptoms are often so distressing. It is essential to learn about the experience of patients and...
PANS/PANDAS patients are commonly misdiagnosed with Autism, Tourette’s Syndrome, OCD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, Oppositional Defiance, or with an eating disorder. However, PANS/PANDAS patients can...
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The Happiest Place on Earth
They say that when your child has PANS/PANDAS that you often remember the exact moment something changed. For our oldest son, Neely, that “moment of change” happened in front of Dumbo in Fantasyland, he was six (first grade). As I stood there with our two-year-old in the stroller and crying and pregnant with our third […]