Many thanks to everyone who completed our Membership Survey. It is really helpful in allowing us to plan better to meet your needs and interests as members. Please take a look at a brief report of the results and our plans of action as a response to your expectations. The aims and activities of RSE […]
Please take a moment for the ActivRett Survey from Telethon Kids Institute. Share your experiences in your daughter’s standing and walking activities. Your participation helps us understand what activities work, don’t work, are fun, and which activities enhance their quality of life. Your response helps us plan programs that focus on increasing physical activity, and […]
Don’t miss the chance to make your voice heard. Take 10 minutes to complete the new Rare Barometer survey on experience of treatments and share your views. Survey closes on 30 April. Survey available here in 23 languages: http://bit.ly/eurordis-survey Learn more about the survey, who can respond and how the results will be used: Experience […]
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We are happy to share this section as a joint effort of our Scientific Advisory Board to bring the latest scientific knowledge closer to human language. Thus, for every article shared here you will find a short and simple lay summary, provided either by the authors of the articles, or some short reviews by our […]
Development of consensus-based guidelines for managing communication of individuals with Rett syndrome Gillian S. Townend, Theresa E. Bartolotta, Anna Urbanowicz, Helena Wandin and Leopold M.G. Curfs Lay summary This paper describes how the Rett Syndrome Communication Guidelines were developed.Difficulties with communication have a profound impact on the lives of children and adults with Rett syndrome […]
I have been a researcher at the Rett Expertise Centre Netherlands since 2013, and from 2018 have also been project lead for Rett UK’s Communication and Education Support. I am a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) with longstanding clinical and research experience, particularly in the field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). In 2019 I was awarded a PhD by the University of Maastricht, for a thesis entitled: Rett […]
“Hello! My name is Usree Bhattacharya and I am mom to a 5-year-old girl, Kalika, with Rett syndrome, and a faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Georgia (US). My training and expertise is in language and literacy socialization, and since my daughter’s diagnosis in 2018, I have been conducting ethnographic […]
Dear Friends, As you are aware, RSE recently appointed a new board. We have been busy over the last couple of months reviewing things and thinking about future work etc. We are very keen to hear from our members; what is important to you, how can RSE help you and your families, what sort of […]
By Danijela Szili. EURORDIS Membership Meeting 2017 This year’s membership meeting took place in Budapest from 19-20 May. It gathered around 300 participants from all over Europe and some from USA, Iran, India, Canada and China. It started with EURORDIS General Assembly for members only. As it is the case every year the Activity Report […]
