The Senate formally designated September 25, 2025, as National Ataxia Awareness Day, recognizing a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative diseases that cause progressive loss of coordination, balance, and motor control and for which few treatments and no cures have been approved. The resolution — agreed to by the Senate — supports goals of improving public awareness, expanding diagnosis and access to care, and accelerating research toward effective treatments. It is a symbolic designation and does not appropriate funds.
Congressional Summary
This resolution designates September 25, 2025, as National Ataxia Awareness Day. Ataxia is a clinical manifestation that indicates degeneration or dysfunction of the brain that negatively affects coordination, precision, and accurate timing of physical movements.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-10-09
- Date Added
- 2026-04-10
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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