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International Cri du Chat Syndrome Awareness Week 2014

The 5p- Society of North America, along with support organizations from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russian, Slovakia, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, Venezuela, along with other countries around the world, are proud to announce that May 5 – 11, 2013 will be designated as Cri Du Chat Syndrome Awareness Week.

  Cri Du Chat syndrome affects every country, race, gender, religion, political affiliation, and social class.  Most people may not have heard about Cri Du Chat syndrome, but we are here, and our goal is to be known. 

 So, the week of May 5-11, we will stand together, hand in hand with friends and family, children and adults, old and young, rich and poor, from around the world, to say that we are here and we need your help to spread the word that Cri Du Chat syndrome exists.

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 Our goal is to end the outdated misinformation given to our families.  Even living in the digital age, most people are unaware what Cri Du Chat syndrome is and what our society stands for. 

For more information visit http://www.criduchat.org/

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