Nisha Trivedi
I had such a fulfilling experience visiting my members of Congress as part of Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill. My fellow advocates and I raised our voices to encourage their support of policies that benefit rare disease patients. Hearing everyone’s stories was so inspiring.
The Rare Moments
Every color tells a story, and we want to hear yours — the stories that offer fresh perspectives, inspire hope in the community, connect unexpected ideas, or simply resonate with you on a personal level.
For Rare Disease Day this February, you’ll find a curation of those stories here — The Rare Moments. Patients, families, researchers, and those dedicated to advancing rare disease treatments will be using this space to share their rare stories. From past experiences with lysosomal diseases to significant highlights of the 2025 Rare Disease Day, and even hopes for the future, you will find diverse and valuable insights that matter to our community and expand our understanding of what it means to live with and work with rare diseases.
Be sure to check back regularly throughout the month for the latest posts, and don’t forget to submit your colorful Rare Moments!
See what’s been shared
Resources
Amplifying Patient Voices to Understand & Better Serve the MPS Community
Infographic
Incorporating the Patient’s Voice
White Paper
How To Build Mutually Beneficial Relationships with Advocacy Groups
Insights
How Worldwide and Every Cure Are Using AI To Unlock New Rare Disease Treatments
Insights
Meet Your Rare Disease Team
Fact Sheet
Rare Disease Day
rarediseaseday.org
Glut1 Deficiency Foundation | Research Compass
g1dfoundation.org
Workshop: Qualifying Biomarkers to Support Rare Disease Regulatory Pathways
reaganudall.org
Galactosialidosis Network
galactosialidosis.org
Every Cure
everycure.org
Uplifting Athletes
upliftingathletes.org
We live for the rare moments.
Thank you for sharing and reading this curation from our rare disease community!
With Rare Disease Day coming up, I’m reflecting on the continued innovations in CAR T treatments for rare oncology patients over the last few years. The global research community launched a record number of CAR T clinical trials in 2024, gaining momentum while building on the strength of several approved CAR T treatments. I’m excited to see these treatments now developed for rare patient communities outside of oncology and looking forward to being part of setting these new standards of care.
www.worldwide.comFind out more about bringing CAR T to new clinics in my on-demand webinar:
Expanding CAR T Beyond Oncology: Medical, Operational & Practical Considerations
Watch this on-demand webinar on expanding CAR T therapies beyond oncology, with insights for autoimmune and neurology trials for sponsors, sites, and patients.
www.worldwide.comHear from Nathan Chadwick, Senior Director and Therapeutic Strategy Lead for Rare Disease.
youtu.beWe work in a way to make the data in clinical trials meaningful to the community. I recently had the honor of hosting a webinar to learn about endpoints that are meaningful to patients and their families living with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE). Check it out here!
youtu.beWe are so excited to re-launch Rare Moments, our website dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of the rare disease communities throughout the month of February in honor of Rare Disease Day. Please use this safe space to share your memories, notes, events, thoughts, and resources so that we can help elevate each other’s voices and connect like-minded individuals. So much happens during and ahead of Rare Disease Week, so bookmark this page and visit often to stay current on everything rare disease!
We’re excited to relaunch Rare Moments—a space to share updates, events, and resources throughout the month of February. Join us in amplifying voices and stay connected by bookmarking the page!
That’s a wrap (for now)!
Our goal in creating this page was to provide a forum for everyone who supports rare diseases to connect and share insights from within their community, so that we can all learn from each other. Generally speaking, industry might use LinkedIn as a communication outlet, researchers frequently use Twitter, and patients and advocacy groups often use Facebook. There is no one platform that is available to all people who are invested in rare disease research.
That is why we created Rare Moments: to bring together all the voices and inspire sharing of resources and collaboration.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this effort. We are grateful to you for sharing your thoughts with the wider rare disease community.
We are proud to support and bring awareness to Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day which was yesterday, March 3rd. Individuals in the United States have a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer and TNBC accounts for 10-25% of those breast cancers. Me and many others at Worldwide are excited to take part in the many events occurring throughout March that bring awareness to this disease. Please join us at any of the highlighted events listed below.
tnbcfoundation.orgTNBC Day | Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
TNBC Day, March 3rd, kicks off a month-long, global campaign dedicated to raising both awareness and funds exclusively for triple negative breast cancer. Find out how you can get involved!
tnbcfoundation.org
www.linkedin.comCanary Advisors® on LinkedIn: #raredc2024 #rarediseaseday
Next up, we'd like to introduce you to Carolina Consuegra, a wonderful advocate and talented medical writer. Science2People #RareDC2024 #RareDiseaseDay.
www.linkedin.comCheck out the Minnesota Twins’ Target Field lit up for Rare Disease Day!
My nephew Steffen was born with a rare genetic disorder -CHARGE Syndrome- 22 years ago. Although he is deaf, blind, and has multiple other issues, he is not medically fragile. Steffen is nonverbal and has Autistic tendencies. Nothing holds Steffen back. Whatever the family does, so does Steffen. Whether it is whitewater rafting, skiing downhill, skating, or a dance video party, Steffen is right there. His laugh and joking nature are a joy to be around. Thanks to great health care providers and interveners/caregivers, Steffens life is full and brings joy and love to all those that know him. His parents are members of the CHARGE Syndrome foundation and provide support to new parents who receive the rare diagnosis of CHARGE. It means everything to talk to someone who has been there. Today is special day for our family. Together we can raise awareness and influence change.
www.chargesyndrome.orgThe CHARGE Syndrome Foundation
A better world for people with CHARGE Syndrome.
www.chargesyndrome.org