Wellness Wednesday: Project Sleep free event this Saturday in Boston

Featured speakers include narcolepsy awareness maven, Project Sleep founder and patient Julie Flygare and designer Michelle Zagardo.

“Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness”

This Saturday, September 15, Project Sleep* hosts “Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness,” a unique FREE one-day meeting and interactive workshop focused on narcolepsy. The goal of the event is to empower advocates and advance novel approaches to educating the public about narcolepsy.

When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Where: The NonProfit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, MA (downtown, one block from South Station)
Cost: FREE; lunch will be provided, but space is limited, so RSVP is required

Led by Nick Dawson, attendees of this special one-time event will have the unique opportunity to share experience to explore way to break down stereotypes about the sleep disorder. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting 1 in 2,000 people. It is often misunderstood and underdiagnosed.

Featured speakers include narcolepsy awareness maven (and patient) Julie Flygare and designer Michelle Zagardo.

All are welcome and a wide range of perspectives is encouraged to enrich the discussion. This includes people living with health conditions, loved ones, friends, clinicians, researchers, drug developers, and educators.

*Project Sleep is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about sleep health and sleep conditions.

Check out these previous x links in SHC related to narcolepsy:

• Wellness Wednesday: “I Can’t Stop Falling Asleep” [Sept 5, 2018]
• Join #TeamWUN for the Boston Marathon and raise narcolepsy awareness and funds for research [Apr 9, 2018]
• Three narcolepsy talks you can attend in early April [Apr 5, 2018]
• Wellness Wednesday: Do you know what narcolepsy is? This NHS video explains the rare sleep disorder [Mar 21, 2018]
• Christa Zielke on the challenges of living with narcolepsy [Oct 30, 2014]
• SLEEP DISORDERS 101: Narcolepsy