The NDRD was started in 2000 because of the need to help children and their families understand
the overall impact of rare genetic, neurological diseases. While the program initially focused on lysosomal storage disorders,
it has now expanded to
Hannah Ostrea's journey and fight against neuronopathic Gaucher's disease, an extremely rare and fatal life-limiting genetic metabolic disease. As a result of raising a medically fragile child with this rare disease diagnosis, I have become a