Rare Stories Connect Us

 

Living with a rare disease often means navigating the unknown, searching for answers, finding your voice, and learning how to move forward in a world that doesn’t always understand. Along the way, stories become more than moments. They become connection.

 

They are how people find each other, how experiences are shared, and how understanding begins to take shape. As those stories are told and heard, they do more than connect individuals. They help bring visibility to rare disease, strengthen communities, and move progress forward together.

Rare Impact
Supporting the People Behind Rare Disease Advocacy

Behind every advocacy organization are people carrying the weight of their communities. As that weight grows, so does the need for support.

Rare Impact
Meet the 2025 Global Advocate Grant Recipients

Celebrate the 25 organizations leading rare disease advocacy through community, connection, and lived experience.

Rare Voices
Meeting Myself in The Middle: My MG Story

Read Laura’s #RAREis One story of finding balance in the middle—between symptoms and solutions, challenges and advocacy and where we are and where we want to be.

Rare Impact
Empowering Change and Elevating Voices: 2024 #RAREis Global Advocate Grant

Supporting 75 global patient advocacy groups through a $5,000 grant to address the challenges and expand opportunities within rare disease communities.

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3 Key Takeaways From the 2024 #RAREis White Paper

Changes your organization can implement today to impact the rare disease community around the world.

Rare Impact
Commemorating the 2023 #RAREis Global Advocate Grant Recipients

50 global patient advocacy groups awarded a $5,000 grant to address unique challenges faced in rare disease communities.

Rare Voices
With a #RAREis Scholarship, Meghan Aims for Ultimate Target

The #RAREis scholarship is helping Meghan make her dream a reality