AGSD Patient/Family/Medical Conference
Next Conference: June 2025 in Denver, Colorado.
Additional information including exact dates to be released soon.
Please note, all registrants and guests grant permission to AGSD to use photographs and/or video taken at the AGSD Conference in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to the mission of AGSD.
Past Conference: June 28-30, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
AGSD Conference Agenda
Visit our our New YouTube Channel to view 2024 AGSD Conference Recordings
Photos can be viewed on our Facebook page in the Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 Albums.
General Conference Information
The Association for Glycogen Storage Disease holds a family/medical conference each year for those affected with GSD, their families, and medical professionals involved in treatment or research of any type of GSD. The focus of these conferences is meeting other people and families affected by GSD, gaining a better understanding of the GSDs and their implications, and learning about the latest research findings and upcoming studies.
Regardless of where you live, having a family member with a rare disease makes you feel isolated and so alone. Finding other families with a rare disease like GSD is such a god-send. It is such a great relief to meet others who REALLY understand what you are experiencing - because they are experiencing it t
That is what makes the AGSD Conferences so great - for the parents and the kids. The AGSD has provided this for families throughout the Americas: a group to find others who live 'life by the clock' of cornstarch doses, NG tubes, G-tubes, and feeding pumps; fitting clothing over those 'big tummy's'; managing dietary restrictions; dealing with muscle pain & wasting, and exercise; and other issues too numerous to mention.
The AGSD Conference is a three day event and most people stay in the conference hotel to be close to each other. The location will move among sites around the country to allow convenient access to all the members.
The conference will host meals where people meet and greet each other. The weekend is filled with presentations from speakers on various topics related to GSD and 'break-out groups'. A 'Question and Answer' session with a panel of professionals is also a highlight for more casual interactions and an opportunity to discuss topical issues.
The benefit of attending a conference is the fellowship and opportunities for sharing with other families and medical professionals. The children are always thrilled an
d amazed to meet and play with other kids who have GSD too [or a sibling with GSD].
The AGSD understands that having a family member with a rare medical condition is very difficult, so by gathering each year, we affirm and encourage each other, and form some great friendships.
Due to technical issues, 2023 Conference recordings and presentation files could not be processed for sharing.
2021 and 2022 conference recordings are available on our old YouTube Channel.
About the associationThe Association for Glycogen Storage Disease - AGSD - was established in 1979 in order to create an organization which would be a focus for parents of and individuals with glycogen storage disease (GSD) to communicate, share their successes and concerns, share useful findings, provide support, create an awareness of this condition for the public, and to stimulate research in the various forms of glycogen storage diseases. This website provides basic information about the glycogen storage diseases. The information is intended to be of use to people affected by one of the glycogen storage diseases, their families, and other interested parties. Some forms of GSD cause little in the way of illness, while others are life threatening. Included in this site is a description of the general symptoms, associated problems, current treatment, and long-term outcome for the most commonly diagnosed glycogen storage diseases. It does not do justice to the difficulty patients and their families' experience, and their deep desire for improved forms of treatment or ultimately total correction. | ContactAssociation for Glycogen Storage Disease 1542 Flammang Dr. PMB 1004 Waterloo Iowa 50702
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