At Adira, sharing your lived experiences impacts real change.
Listening is the heart of our approach—listen, learn, act—which means the point of view of the people most impacted by neurodegenerative diseases comes first in everything we do.
We hear from and engage with people living with our five focus diseases and their loved ones and caregivers in many ways: events, stories, surveys, volunteer and paid positions, and more. You can find all of them here.

ND Congress
Let's get to work.
Learn more about what we’ve learned from people living with neurodegenerative diseases and their loved ones — and about what steps we are taking to help make their lives easier.
You can help us.
Join our grant review committee for our fall 2021 grants. Selected participants will be paid $1,000 each. Contact the programs department using the button below for more information or to express interest.
Make Your Voice Heard
Sounding Board
Join our Sounding Board, a low commitment way to offer feedback however you'd like.
Patient Survey
Are you a person living with a neurodegenerative disease or a caregiver? Share your insights on what we should be funding in this 10-minute survey.
Professional Survey
Take the survey below on measuring quality of life in ND. Learn more here.
Upcoming Events
We're Here to Listen
We’re always looking for ways to gather information from our community. Check out some of our upcoming listening events below.
Past Events
What We Heard
Find out more about the listening activities we’ve completed so far to inform our program priorities.
Listening Event
Pilot ND Congress
Listening Event
Convening: Quality of Life in ND
Listening Event
Convening: Navigating ND in Virginia
Listening Event
Round One: Grantee convening
Listening Event
Round Two: Grantee convening
Listening Event
Let’s Talk: Patient and caregiver experience
Listening Event
Neuro Health Equity: Let’s Talk
Listening Event