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AGSAA Launches Our New Contact Registry

As you may have seen on our social media posts earlier this spring, we are launching an AGSAA Contact Registry in order to:

  • Stay better connected with the AGS community.

  • Take a proper census to raise awareness about AGS families around the world.

  • Help families access valuable information including updates related to AGS, projects and opportunities, clinical trials, resources, event invitations, and more.

Ever wondered how many people in the world are living with AGS? Or with your AGS type? Or which countries our community spans? This is how we start to answer these questions and deepen connections. Make your family count by taking a few quick minutes to join the registry today and stay in the know as we continue on this journey together. This is how we - as AGS affected individuals, parents, allies, and advocates - can help to accelerate research and raise awareness while the disease-specific literature takes years to accurately reflect what we are all living through now.

The contact registry will help us spark and support progress by being as organized as possible. Here are some exciting opportunities and projects on the horizon and why we need to use this tool to help show the world that our community is Always Growing Stronger, Together:

  • 1-2 upcoming clinical trials in development which will need patient education, recruitment, and enrollment support from AGSAA and input from our global community to make the experience as equitable, inclusive, and as patient-centered as possible.

  • Key research updates set to be published by CHOP in the next 6+ months which will help to validate our experiences in a new light and bring forth additional opportunities for advocacy.

  • Multiple upcoming opportunities to collaborate with partners, including

    • a global qualitative study to spotlight hurdles faced by AGS families

    • prep for an FDA patient listening session

    • additional advocacy for JAKI access

    • and more!

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Biogen Survey Re-Opened until 12/31!!! Use Your Voice Now to Impact Clinical Trial Design in 2024!

Update: Our patient registry project with Biogen has been completed as of January 2024 and we are now pivoting to our AGSAA Contact Registry and a partnership with Ciitizen to create an AGS Natural History Study by using patient medical records to unlock key insights and data for research and treatment opportunities - both launching April/May 2024.

AGS Families,

We’ve had a LOT going on this year end but wanted to quickly share some great and time-sensitive news - Biogen & AGSAA have just re-opened a unique opportunity for you to make a meaningful and direct impact on the development of an upcoming AGS clinical trial!

We want to continue to collect as much community driven insight and data as possible in advance of key planning meetings taking place in January. If you haven’t already shared your perspective, please take less than 30 minutes to participate in the patient registry study sponsored by Biogen aimed at understanding AGS better and improving the clinical trial development process!

💡 Why Participate?

Make a Difference: Your valuable insights will contribute to advancing a Biogen clinical trial in AGS and potentially lead to a more effective and convenient clinical trial.

$50 Amazon Gift Card: As a token of appreciation for your time, Biogen is offering a $50 Amazon gift card to everyone who completes the survey.

30 Minutes Well Spent: The survey will only take about 30 minutes of your time, but the impact it can have on AGS research is immeasurable!

👉 How to Participate:

  1. Click on the survey button below to get started.

  2. Complete the survey with your honest responses.

  3. NEW: For security purposes, you will also be asked to briefly record a few responses so we know for sure that you are bringing your own AGS impacted life experiences to this survey.

  4. Share this announcement with other AGS families to maximize our collective impact.

🌐 Learn More:

To delve deeper into the world of AGS research and clinical trial development, consider these resources:

  • AGS Patient Registry: Stay connected with the AGS community and access valuable information. Link to AGS Patient Registry.

  • Biogen Webinar: Discover more about Biogen's commitment to AGS research in our first webinar and learn why this is all so important. Link to the Webinar.

Let's unite as a community and contribute to a brighter future for those with AGS. Your involvement is significant, and together, we can make a real difference.

Thank you for being the incredible AGS advocates that you are. Let's spread the word and make AGS history together!

2022 Giving Tuesday Campaign

This Giving Tuesday, AGSAA is focusing its flash fundraising drive to accelerate life-saving Early Identification and Newborn Screening Programs in development.

Identifying AGS early, whether at birth with an effective and accurate Newborn Screening or through improved awareness and diagnostic criteria, gives affected families around the world the best opportunity to prevent disease or intervene ASAP. It also raises and amplifies the profile of our disease to encourage more focused support from collaborators, better funding opportunities, more scientific and research breakthroughs, and facilitate the ongoing development of better treatment options. It will help us to shine a big, bright undeniable light to highlight the depth of our community and its current needs, to make the future better for all families living with AGS.

There are so many ways AGS-affected families, our allies, and anyone wishing to support our work can give on this exciting global day of generosity.

To give time and skill, please email us any time at info@agsaa.org. To donate money, we have a few options: Instagram; Facebook - one time or monthly (to qualify for Meta’s giving season second month match); or direct via AGSAA. To give support or voice, please consider sharing a heartfelt and personal appeal on social media and/or directly to your contacts to build awareness around the importance and urgency of these vital programs."If we had an #agsnbs..." would be a great convo starter for people who care about you to understand exactly why we need this support.

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