MODULE 3
Genetic counseling & genetic testing
Resources, support groups, and advocacy organizations
SCA27b Ataxia Foundation
Website: coming soon
Facebook (private group): coming soon
Email: sca27b@gmail.com
Phone Number: 615-900-0234
National Ataxia Foundation
Ataxia UK
Website: https://www.ataxia.org.uk/
Email: help@ataxia.org.uk
Movement Disorder Society
Living with Ataxia (Ben's Friends)
Website: https://livingwithataxia.org/
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Awareness and Research Support Group
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Ataxiasupportgroup/
Repeat Expansion Disorders (ClinGen video)
Clinical genetic testing for SCA27B
Single gene repeat expansion analysis: https://dnatesting.uchicago.edu/tests/single-gene-repeat-expansion-analysis
University of Chicago announcement: https://dnatesting.uchicago.edu/news/fgf14-repeat-expansion-testing-sca27b-now-available-0
The creators of this site are not endorsing or recommending any organization’s programs or services by providing this information.
SCA27B for Me was created by Leah Hardy,¹ Master of Science in Genetic Counseling candidate, under the guidance of Dr. Margit Burmeister, PhD.²
¹Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
²Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Department of Human Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI