CHASA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families affected by pediatric stroke and other causes of hemiplegia. CHASA provides support, education, and advocacy through a national family retreat, local family events and seminars, online support group, websites, fact sheets, pediatric stroke and hemiplegia research support, and pediatric stroke awareness campaigns.
Stroke in children is as common as childhood brain tumors, yet most people are unaware that infants and children can have strokes. Pediatric stroke research is severly underfunded. Raising funds and increasing awareness will lead to early diagnosis, treatment, and recognition that more dollars need to be directed toward pediatric stroke research.
Together, we can make a difference for these little stroke survivors!
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Your donations and fundraising can:
- Help a child know that she's not alone - that there are other little girls and boys who wear a brace on one leg and have to go to therapy each week and endure painful stretching
- Develop a campaign to spread the word that early hand preference (right or left handedness) in a child under the age of three is not normal development and that these children may need an evaluation by a pediatric neurologist or early intervention team. Early diagnosis and therapies are key to recovery.
- Send a family to the CHASA National Retreat where parents can talk with others who understand the challenges of raising a child who has hemiplegia
- Fund college and trade school scholarships to help our young adults get started in life
- Fund a community gathering where families can meet to create a local support network
- Connect families of little stroke survivors around the world to share support and information
CHASA co-sponsored the Neurobiology of Disease in Children Symposium with the Child Neurology Society and The National Instututes of Health. This symposium provided an opportunity for child neurologists from around the world to learn about the latest developments in pediatric stroke research and allowed top investigators in the field to prioritize the future direction of pediatric stroke research. Help CHASA continue to do good work in the research and treatment of pediatric stroke.
Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
4101 W. Green Oaks, Suite 305, #149
Arlington, TX 76016
817-492-4325
