Kathryn Helde, SRF's CSO and SYNGAP1 Mom talks about her adult son Joey, genetic testing, hippotherapy, and Joey's words!

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SYNGAP1 Stories

Syngap Research Fund, 501(c)(3)

39 episodes

4 days ago

SYNGAP1-related disorders are rare genetic disorders that affect Rainy Schlosser's daughter Hope and Jo Ashline's son Andrew. As of July 1, 2025, there are only 1,636 people in the world diagnosed with SYNGAP1. There is no cure. In each episode of SYNGAP1 Stories, first developed by Ashley Frye and continued by Rainy and Jo, we chat with SYNGAP1 parents, volunteers, caregivers, researchers, and partners about their journey with SYNGAP1 in their lives. Their joys and successes, as well as heartaches and advice, will be discussed in this heart-warming series as we support the SYNGAP1 community.

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Kathryn Helde, SRF's CSO and SYNGAP1 Mom talks about her adult son Joey, genetic testing, hippotherapy, and Joey's words!

SYNGAP1 Stories

47 minutes 31 seconds

8 months ago

Kathryn Helde, SRF's CSO and SYNGAP1 Mom talks about her adult son Joey, genetic testing, hippotherapy, and Joey's words!

Show Notes

SRF’s CSO Kathryn Helde, PhD talks with Rainy about her son Joey - living in a group home, rock climbing, DIR therapy, genetic testing & reports, and advice on avoiding isolation. "He went to a group home. That took a long time to come to terms with emotionally. That's so much harder than anything else I've ever done."

All episodes are available at ⁠cureSYNGAP1.org/Stories⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Connect with Kathryn:

Connect with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rainy:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rainy@cureSYNGAP1.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rainy's SRF Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Hope4theCure⁠⁠⁠⁠
YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Hope4theCure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hope SelahMay⁠⁠⁠⁠
SYNGAP1 Stories ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode 028⁠⁠⁠⁠

SRF & SYNGAP1 Info:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SYNGAP1 Studies and Trials:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠SYNGAP1 Studies⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠SYNGAP1 ProMMiS⁠⁠ – Prospective Multidisciplinary, Multisite Study for Clinical Excellence
⁠⁠⁠Clinical Trials⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠Frazier Eye Study⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Citizen Health⁠⁠⁠

More Links:

Connect with SRF (@cureSYNGAP1):

Family Zoom Meeting (bi-weekly on Wednesdays, 8PM ET):

⁠cureSYNGAP1.org/SRFfam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Meeting ID - 972 0059 2178 Passcode - 848417

Comments: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ed@cureSYNGAP1.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠In the Forest... by Lesfm from Pixabay ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Episode 032 SYNGAP1 Stories, March 18, 2025

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