Jade's Story

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Awareness at school

"Children are the future." Teach your peers and teachers, and create a future public that's ataxia aware.
Contact the press

Share your story or promote your event in the local press, and spread the word to your community
Become an Ataxia Ambassador

Train up to share your story with the media, at ataxia training events, or by representing ataxia patients with the NHS - and much more
Run a local awareness campaign

Band together with friends and family, or your local Ataxia UK Support Group/Branch to build a local awareness campaign with Ataxia UK

Support Groups for People with Ataxia

Hear about the role of an Ataxia UK Support Group, and see one in action.
Ataxia and my Career

Richard Brown tells us about his experiences with ataxia whilst in employment.
About Ataxia Centres

Professor Julie Greenfield (Head of Research at Ataxia UK) and Professor Marios Hadjivassiliou (Ataxia Specialist Neurologist at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield) discuss what Specialist Ataxia Centres are, how to get a referral to one, and why they're different to general GPs and neurologists.
Living with Late-Onset cerebellar Ataxia

John Abbott shares his experience of obtaining his diagnosis for late-onset ataxia, and how it has affected him.
Caring as a Parent of Someone with Ataxia

Grace Kay shares her experience of how she copes as a parent or a child with ataxia.
Being Diagnosed With Ataxia When You're Young

Jonathan Kay shares his experience of coping with an ataxia diagnosis.
'Unfeeling'
Imagine

'Imagine': the story of Nathan and Jade, told through their eyes. A moving, yet heart-warming story of two courageous youngsters we were honoured to work with.