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Scenario

How rare disease friendships handle major transitions

Three of us became close friends through our kids having the same rare genetic condition, but now one family is considering moving across the country for a specialist and we don't know how to support her decision when we're all so dependent on each other for understanding.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Bonds forged in shared struggle face the test of diverging needs and geographical reality.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Rare and orphan conditions?”

Peri

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