Other News New Advocacy Website Launched
Scientific Updates
FDA Approves Xeomin for the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia and Blepharospasm
Research Opportunity in Spasmodic Dysphonia
NSDA Funds New Research Grant on Spasmodic Dysphonia
Dystonia Awareness Week: June 6-12
Message from NSDA's New President - Charlie Reavis
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Adds Dystonia to the List
NIH Funds $6.2 Million Dollar Grant for Focal Dystonias
Spasmodic Dysphonia and Quality of Life Research Study Results
Botulinum Toxin Update
NSDA Funds Research Grant
Brainstem Pathology in Spasmodic Dysphonia
Research Priorities in Spasmodic Dysphonia
Participate in the 2010 Dystonia Advocacy Day
Share Your Story Winner Announced
The Experience and Impact of Reading the "Share Your Story" Entries
Spasmodic Dysphonia Featured on ABC's Medical Mysteries Program
Changes in the Brain Identified in SD
SD Research Program Launched and Scientific Advisory Board Appointed
CEU Course Available on Spasmodic Dysphonia
Easier Done than Said...Living with a Broken Voice: New Book on Spasmodic Dysphonia
Emily Lim finds her Voice through Writing
Safety Issues Regarding Botulinum Toxin
ASHA provides Insurance Checklist for Speech Therapy Benefits
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Dystonia Awareness Week: June 6-12
Dystonia Awareness Week occurs from June 6-12, 2010. Dystonia is the third most common movement disorders after Parkinson’s Disease and Tremor, affecting more than 300,000 people in North America. Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that causes muscles in the body to pull or spasm.
Spasmodic dysphonia, otherwise known as laryngeal dystonia, is a focal dystonia involving the muscles that control the vocal cords. Spasmodic dysphonia makes speaking difficult because the voice has either a strained, hoarse, whispered quality or a low breathy quality.
Please take the opportunity of this weeklong event for Dystonia Awareness Week to help raise awareness about dystonia. Your help in awareness raising can be as simple as handing out an NSDA trifold wallet card or directing people to the NSDA website at: www.dysphonia.org.
The NSDA is part of the Dystonia Advocacy Network (DAN). The DAN brings together various dystonia organizations in order to advocate on issues of common concern to those affected by dystonia.
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