Chronic Illness
Join a Summer Campference!
We are hosting two different sessions of our FREE residential Summer Campference program for young people, ages 16-24, living...
read moreGolf and Great Impact at Maidstone Club
The 2025 Next Step Spring Golf Tournament wasn’t just a day of breathtaking golf on one of the country’s...
read moreWe hosted our first Campference of 2025!
The first Next Step Campference, combining the fun and community of camp with the workshops and education of a...
read moreNext Step Guide to Adulting: Budgeting and Money Mindset
Want to get more comfortable thinking about money? Have questions about how to budget? Join our Guide to Adulting...
read moreNext Step Guide to Adulting Series: Budgeting and Money Mindset
Want to get more comfortable thinking about money? Have questions about how to budget? Join our Guide to Adulting...
read moreJoin a Summer Campference
We are hosting two different sessions of our FREE residential Summer Campference program for young people, ages 16-24, living...
read moreMeet Laura: Rare Disease Month
Since 2008, February has been Rare Disease Month. A time to highlight the unique challenges faced by young people...
read more2025 Summer Campference
We are hosting two different sessions of our FREE residential Summer Campference program for young people, ages 16-24, living...
read moreNext Step Open House in March!
We are hosting an Open House at our office in Cambridge, MA on Saturday, March 22 from 11:30am to...
read moreJoin our FREE Spring Campference
We are hosting our 2025 Spring Campference for young adults, ages 18-29, living with a chronic illness from Friday,...
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Today is @rarediseaseday. The 2026 theme, “More Than You Can Imagine,” highlights equity in care, representation and unseen challenges. 'When Lightning Strikes' was created by youth with sickle cell as they felt this population wasn't represented in media.
...https://www.nextstepnet.org/whenlightningstrikes/
🌍 It’s #RareDiseaseDay 2026! 💜
Today we stand with the 300 million people living with a rare disease. Together, we’re showing our colours, raising awareness, and inspiring change by talking about what equity means to us.
👉 Read more: https://t.co/T0KRlbRCJX