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Join Next Step Songbook this Fall 2025
Do you experience complicated feelings around life, your medical journey, connections with others? Are you struggling with your confidence...
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Since 2008, February has been Rare Disease Month. A time to highlight the unique challenges faced by young people...
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Madison, a young person living in Las Vegas, is new to Next Step but has already found her voice...
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We are hosting two different sessions of our FREE residential Summer Campference program for young people, ages 16-24, living...
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We are hosting our 2025 Spring Campference for young adults, ages 18-29, living with a chronic illness from Friday,...
read moreWatch Kepler recap our 2024 Spring Sickle Cell Campference
In March 2024, we hosted a four-day residential Spring Campference for sixteen teens and young adults, ages 18-29, living...
read moreToday is International Rare Disease Day
February 29th, the rarest day of the year, is International Rare Disease Day! It’s a day devoted to raising...
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“I am a Bad Ass.” Because of of your support, Naia, a 26-year-old cancer survivor, credited Next Step for...
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We are hosting our annual Fall Campference for young adults living with chronic illness from Friday, October 20 to...
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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.
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