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3 illnesses that only or mainly affect females
In this article we will explore three that only or mainly affect women, Rett Syndrome, Turner syndrome and Aicardi syndrome.


Stories and poems shared to amplify rare disease day 2025 "More than you can imagine".
It was a great platform for expressing to the wider audience just what life with a rare disease is can be like, from the hospital visits....


International Rare Disease day February 28th 2025
It is a day where many people and organisations worldwide creatively help to raise awareness sharing in the effort of removing barriers...


International Epilepsy Day, rare epilepsy and examples.
This was started to raise awareness whilst working towards removing the stigma and discrimination that can be associated with epilepsy.


X-linked diseases, understanding them and examples.
Luis as you are aware from my past articles has a rare x-linked illness caused by a sporadic mutation. It made me question what other...


Similarities between disabilities, and how some rare illnesses resemble autism.
Noticing similarities between disabilities are not uncommon but understanding those that exist can help to answer some questions that you...


World Mental Health Day 2024
This year on the 10th October world mental health day is focusing on raising awareness in the workplace.


They called him the Elephant Man
Today with so much advancement in science and research, it allows us to better understand what was misunderstood in the past.


Rare Diseases
#Rare diseases are diseases which affect a small number of people compared to the general population and specific issues are raised in relat


What is Nascimento X-linked intellectual disability?
Snapshot of a rare illness called Nascimento x-linked intellectual disability.
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