New & Noteworthy<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><img align="center" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" title="Dystonia Advocacy network.jpg" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/webjam-upload/dystonia_advocacy_network___b3a19ef76ff049069d5ad64095692515(755x152)__62__.jpg" /></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">The Dystonia Advocacy Network (DAN) is a grassroots organization that brings dystonia-affected individuals together to speak out with a single, powerful voice on legislative and public policy issues which impact the dystonia community.</span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">The DAN welcomes and represents individuals with all forms of dystonia, and is led by the following dystonia organizations:</span></p> <ul style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1em; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial;"> <li style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation (BEBRF)</span></li> <li style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">ST/Dystonia, Inc.</span></li> <li style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF)</span></li> <li style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association (NSDA)</span></li> <li style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">National Spasmodic Torticollis Association (NSTA)</span></li> </ul> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #808080;">Dystonia advocates develop relationships with their legislative leaders to help them understand the challenges of those living with dystonia. The DAN continuously works to adopt and advance a legislative agenda which raises awareness of dystonia, educates policymakers about dystonia, addresses patient care issues, and moves research forward.</span></p>FalsePublicTrue