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COVID-19 CdLS Foundation Update
Updated: 3/27/2020 3:52 PM We have been able to gather more information regarding CdLS and COVID-19. "Individuals with CdLS and immune deficiency have "antibody immune deficiency". Antibodies are not a critical part of the immune system necessary for fighting...
Ways to Relax at Home
Having your loved ones home with you for the past few weeks can be stressful. Schedules have changed, home learning is a new and stressful process, therapies are different and you are holding it together. You rock! However, at the end of the day, you are also drained....
Free Webinar Announced – A Rare Response: Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
Are you a rare patient or caregiver with concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak? Do you need strategies for coping, staying healthy and reducing anxiety during this uncertain period? Please join NORD for a special webinar featuring Dr. Marshall Summar, Chief,...
Fun Activities to do at Home with Your Kids
With schools closing and stay at home orders are being put into place, the CdLS Foundation wants to make sure the community has plenty of activities to do with being at home. The staff has found some pretty great ideas to help offset boredom and help...
A Message on Gene Therapy
To all our member families, We want to address the issue of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and gene therapy, both to dispel any rumors that have been circulating and to paint a realistic picture of where things stand right now. Gene therapy is a recent advance in the...
CdLS NATIONAL CONFERENCE UPDATE
In light of the growing public health concern around COVID-19 and the global potential for public transmission, we have a responsibility to the CdLS community to minimize the risk associated with spreading the virus.
Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center outlines centralized genetic testing model
Philadelphia, February 26, 2020 - The Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center (RIMGC) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched in 2014 as a first-of-its-kind system to help families navigate the complex process of genetic and genomic testing and...
The CdLS Foundation Longtime Volunteer Receives Rare Impact Award from NORD!
Norm Winnerman, retired Danbury High School teacher and Athletic Director, and valued member of the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Foundation will be receiving the Rare Impact Award. The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) will be honoring all...
Goodbye Lynn
After 23 years of dedicated service, Lynn will hang up her CdLS cape and walk off into the sunset. Lynn’s retirement is bittersweet for those of us who have had the pleasure of working with her. She can always be counted on to for her dedication to the families, her...
We Lost a Giant
Recently, we learned the sad news that LAIRD JACKSON – the CdLS Foundation’s first medical director passed away. Before the founding of our beloved Foundation there was the Reaching Out newsletter. Those early pioneers sent out a request to the medical community...
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