{"id":108,"date":"2026-01-16T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:55:09","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Personal Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-accent-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b93af0d377ce943fdfb5f8e7c3726fce has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:13px;border-top-right-radius:13px;border-bottom-left-radius:13px;border-bottom-right-radius:13px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ae6de6d9ce097cd39e214100d7ff004 is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bc18b00a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-7d596d2ad5dc480053084b690e98087d\"><strong>Our Stories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\"><ul class=\"columns-3 alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-c0c1a110 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-253 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:3\/4\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/strengthening-a-small-community-through-knowledge-and-advocacy\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sergey-Victor-scaled_res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Strengthening a Small Community Through Knowledge and Advocacy\u00a0\u00a0\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sergey-Victor-scaled_res.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sergey-Victor-scaled_res-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/strengthening-a-small-community-through-knowledge-and-advocacy\/\" target=\"_self\" >Strengthening a Small Community Through Knowledge and Advocacy\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6a058180 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/strengthening-a-small-community-through-knowledge-and-advocacy\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T00:00:33+00:00\">Apr 27, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/author\/sergeydmitriev\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Sergey Dmitriev<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Reverse Rett Greece is a small, parent-led association supporting families of individuals with Rett syndrome across the country. In Greece, rare disease support&nbsp;remains&nbsp;limited, and many families navigate diagnosis, daily challenges, and medical decisions with little guidance. Our goal as an organization is to provide reliable information, emotional support, and awareness, while helping families stay connected&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-251 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:3\/4\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/on-pain-proof-and-the-refusal-to-disappear\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Letizia-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"On Pain, Proof, and the Refusal to Disappear\u00a0\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/on-pain-proof-and-the-refusal-to-disappear\/\" target=\"_self\" >On Pain, Proof, and the Refusal to Disappear\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6a058180 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/on-pain-proof-and-the-refusal-to-disappear\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T00:00:18+00:00\">Apr 27, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/author\/letiziapontoriero\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Letizia Pontoriero<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As someone living with chronic pain from fibromyalgia and endometriosis, I enter advocacy because suffering of invisible diseases taught me how absurdly difficult it is to talk about pain at all. Not just in clinical settings, but in everyday life, with friends, colleagues, partners, even at events&nbsp;supposedly designed&nbsp;to&nbsp;discuss it. Speaking about chronic pain often&nbsp;feels like&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-226 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:3\/4\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/taking-our-seat-at-the-table-how-patient-who-think-big-can-shape-healthcare-research-and-policy\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mandy-Daly-in-action_res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Taking Our Seat at the Table: How Patients Who Think Big Can Shape Healthcare, Research and Policy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mandy-Daly-in-action_res.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mandy-Daly-in-action_res-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d81b84eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/taking-our-seat-at-the-table-how-patient-who-think-big-can-shape-healthcare-research-and-policy\/\" target=\"_self\" >Taking Our Seat at the Table: How Patients Who Think Big Can Shape Healthcare, Research and Policy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6a058180 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/taking-our-seat-at-the-table-how-patient-who-think-big-can-shape-healthcare-research-and-policy\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T00:00:05+00:00\">Apr 27, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size has-contrast-2-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/author\/mandydaly\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Mandy Daly<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">When I first entered the world of advocacy I never imaged that my journey would lead to discussions with regulators, global advisory committees and policymakers, shaping the future of healthcare and academia. Like many advocates my starting point was deeply personal: a lived experience that demanded change. Personal motivation can become powerful professional expertise if&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Stories Our Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eupati.eu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}