A local business has offered to host a fundraising event for the National Fragile X Foundation! Eric and I will be going (YAY for grown up time!) and we’d LOVE to see some other families and friends there too. 25% of the proceeds will benefit the NFXF! A lifting magnet is a special kind . . . » Continue reading
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 On March 5th and 6th almost 200 advocates from across the country descended upon Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of continued funding of fragile X research and the passage of several pieces of disability related legislation. We were excited to accompany several returning advocates, Ed Hanrahan (Mashpee), Denise Devine (Hadley), Kelley Devine (Hadley) . . . » Continue reading On Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. we will be hosting our next business meeting in Cambridge, MA. If you are interested in attending please contact via an email to EasternMA@fragilex.org to RSVP prior to June 16. Topics to be discussed include: The creation of a Strategic Plan to guide the group over . . . » Continue reading Location: Cambridge, MA Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Attendees: Melissa Welin, Eric Welin, Aimee Freedman, Emily Hanke, Christy Avlasov, Kate Leonard Everyone loves different types of wall art or wall decoration and not all types will be for you. It’s important to pick the pieces you like, that you are drawn to, . . . » Continue reading For the past 4 years Eric & I have been attending the National Fragile X Foundation’s annual Advocacy Day in Washington, DC. This year our son, Caleb (9, FXS), joined the Massachusetts delegation for the first time. Also in attendance from Massachusetts were Denise & Kelley Devine and Kathleen Quinn. Ed Hanrahan, a long . . . » Continue reading  Dr. Walter Kaufmann, the co-director of the Fragile X Syndrome Program at Boston Children’s Hospital has written a terrific article, “Autism clinical trials are ripe for improvement.” He references the arbaclofen trials conducted by Seaside Therapeutics and the disappointment over the termination of the open-label fragile X trials. He raises three key issues with . . . » Continue reading  Today is the final day for registering for National Fragile X Advocacy Day March 4 & 5 2014! National Fragile X Advocacy Day is an annual event organized by the National Fragile X Foundation. We encourage you to attend to let your voice be heard by your Senators & Representative at a time when the federal budget for 2015 is being discussed…. . . . » Continue reading On Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM we will be hosting our inaugural business meeting. If you are interested in attending please contact via an email to EasternMA@fragilex.org to RSVP prior to March 7. Topics to be discussed include: The creation of a Strategic Plan to guide the group over the coming year. . . . » Continue reading Add this to your calendar!! The Fragile X Resource Center of Western Massachusetts will be hosting a fragile X family picnic on Sunday, June 9, 2013! The event will be held at Look Park in Northampton, MA. They ask that you bring something to grill and a dessert or side dish to share. Contact . . . » Continue reading Boston Children’s Hospital recently became a site for a Novartis drug trial testing an mGluR5 antagonist in adults. Additionally, a Novartis trial of the same drug in adolescents is actively recruiting at BCH. The adult study is for individuals with fragile X ages 18-45, while the adolescent study is for 12-18 year olds. The . . . » Continue reading |
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