July 2020                                                                                        Volume 31, Issue 7

We had such a great time at the 2020 BDSRA Virtual Family Conference! We had nearly 700 attendees from 15 countries and over 50 agenda offerings. We are so thankful that we were able to connect with families, clinicians and researchers even though we could not be together in person. 
BDSRA Board Corner


If you are interested in being on the Board of Directors please contact Darlene Royalty at [email protected] or anyone else on the board. 
From the Child Neurology Foundation and BioMarin: Help Improve Care for Children in Search of a Diagnosis

"BioMarin is proud to partner with the Child Neurology Foundation (CNF) to conduct a brief survey to understand caregivers' experiences on their journey to a diagnosis, with the goal of finding ways to shorten the diagnostic odyssey. 

CNF will share anonymized information from this survey with health care providers, so they are better able to serve our community through what can sometimes be a very long process of getting a diagnosis. We are looking to get input from both those who have received a diagnosis and those who are still searching for a diagnosis
  • We welcome participation from primary caregivers of children with neurologic conditions.
  • This survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.
  • Only one survey should be completed for each child.
  • Children under the age of 18 should not complete this survey. Instead, an adult should complete this survey on their behalf.

We respect your privacy and all information obtained from this survey will be presented in summary form, grouped with other responses so that no one individual can be identified.


 

You can access the survey here

 
Thank you for supporting this research, this survey opportunity will close August 19th."

 

Exciting news from RegenxBio! Two new observational studies up on clinicaltrials.gov

An Observational Study in Children With CLN2 Batten Disease
This is a prospective, longitudinal natural history study to document the progression of ocular manifestations of CLN2 disease among a community-dwelling population of pediatric participants affected by this disease.
A Retrospective, Natural History Study in Children With CLN2
This is a multi center, retrospective, chart review study to document the evolution of ocular disease progression in pediatric patients with CLN2.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04480476?cond=cln2&draw=2&rank=2

If you have questions about these studies please reach out to [email protected]



This month we have new Facebook fundraisers organized by:

We are so excited each day to log in and see the list of your names growing. Thank you for sharing and supporting our mission on social media! You can visit each fundraiser by clicking on the names above. 

In Loving Memory 

Remember with us those we have lost to Batten disease.  It's in their honor and memory that we work every day to build a brighter future for families.
Jovan Allen
7/28/2008-5/6/2020

Luke Watson 
9/17/1992-6/20/2020

Gabriela Cindric
7/5/2020

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