Advocacy

For the third year in a row, we are partnering with Rare Disease Legislative Advocates, a project of the EveryLife Foundation, to schedule Fragile X advocacy meetings with members of Congress and their staff during the August recess. Here is what you need to know.

Advocating for Fragile X families when members of Congress and their staff are in their home districts is key for three reasons: 1) You don't have to travel; 2) You generally have more time with them; 3) You underscore this is important to their constituents

Even if you have never been to a Special Olympics event, you know the positive impact it has on the lives of the athletes and their loved ones. It is indescribable and hard to put into words that do it justice. You just know. It is because of this positive impact on not only those who have participated, but those who will, that we work to support and grow the Special Olympics.

As I watched the new U.S. House of Representatives be sworn in today and elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi as its new Speaker, I was reminded, again, that we are fortunate to live in a country where we can change control in Washington in the voting booth, not with tanks in the street. And when change happens, it is peaceful outside the Capital and collegial inside.