Share your story
Learn how you can get involved and share your own story to help support people living with PI and their communities.
The more you understand about primary immunodeficiency (PI), the better you can live with the disease or support others in your life with PI. Learn more about PI, including the various diagnoses and treatment options.
Living with primary immunodeficiency (PI) can be challenging, but you’re not alone—many people with PI lead full and active lives. With the right support and resources, you can, too.
Be a hero for those with PI. Change lives by promoting primary immunodeficiency (PI) awareness and taking action in your community through advocacy, donating, volunteering, or fundraising.
Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, or an individual with primary immunodeficiency (PI), IDF has resources to help you advance the field. Get details on surveys, grants, and clinical trials.
Learn how you can get involved and share your own story to help support people living with PI and their communities.
Because primary immunodeficiency (PI) is rare, you may not often hear stories like your own. But you can change that. Let others know about your experiences living with PI, speak about someone you love and care about who lives with PI, or share about donating plasma. Together we can help increase awareness of PI and inspire others.
These stories are used on our website, at events, in print materials, and for advocacy initiatives. You are making a difference by putting a face on a disease that most people in the United States don't even know about. And since it's estimated that 70% - 90% of people with a PI don't even know they have it, you just might be helping another person get diagnosed.
Whether you choose to share in writing, via audio, via video, or in person, know that your story is uniquely yours and can inspire others.
We'd love to hear your story through a live interview or your own narrative for the Stories Project. These narratives run as articles on the IDF website and occasionally on the IDF podcast.
Check out our playlist of community-generated articles, videos, and podcasts to connect with others who have shared their experiences.
There are several volunteer positions that allow you to talk about your condition to educate and advocate for others. Join the IDF volunteer team today.
Create your own personalized Faces of IDF handout to use while advocating for the PI community.
First, watch a tutorial video for help creating a handout. Then, submit your story and picture in the following form. IDF will turn your submission into a personal advocacy one-pager and return it to you within the next month.
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