“Hi, I’m nine years old. I have achondroplasia. Would you like to play?” A resilient, athletic child lives with achondroplasia

Inês’ 9-year-old daughter, Clara, is living with achondroplasia. In this episode of On Rare, Inês describes what it was like to learn that her daughter has achondroplasia. She describes the steps she took to get Clara the medical care she needed in the early years of her life and how, in the midst of this stress, she remembered to enjoy being a mother to her newborn daughter. Finally, she tells us how she has watched Clara become a resilient, athletic child who has learned to compete against herself in a world that often caters to taller individuals.

Daniela Rogoff, VP of clinical development at BridgeBio’s affiliate company QED Therapeutics, joins the conversation to provide an overview of achondroplasia and to explain how it affects bone growth and the body overall.