Get Your State Involved

October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in the USA, and it is an exciting time for fundraising and gatherings for IRSF families.  Governors in several states honor our effort by signing proclamations declaring October to be Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in their states. These proclamations are available to you and they can be downloaded for your use.

Obtain a State Proclamation for your State Today!

Signing of one of the early proclamations declaring October to be Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, Governor George Bush, Texas 1997.

The 2012 proclamations that have been received thus far are available for downloading.

• Alabama State Proclamation
• Alaska State Proclamation
• Arizona State Proclamation 2012 413.04 Kb
• Arkansas State Proclamation
• Colorado State Proclamation
• Idaho State Proclamation 2012 691.50 Kb
• Illinois State Proclamation 2012 86.50 Kb
• Iowa State Proclamation
• Kentucky State Proclamation
• Lousiana State Proclamation 2012 109.41 Kb
• Maine State Proclamation
• Maryland State Proclamation
• Massachusetts State Proclamation 2012 44.74 Kb
• Michigan State Proclamation 2012 771.24 Kb
• Mississippi State Proclamation
•  Missouri State Proclamation 44.42 Kb
• Nevada State Proclamation 2012 1.39 Mb
• New Hampshire State Proclamation
• New Jersey State Proclamation
• North Carolina State Proclamation
 Ohio State Proclamation 1.04 Mb
• Oklahoma State Proclamation 2012 405.98 Kb
• Oregon State Proclamation 2012 430.46 Kb
• Pennsylvania State Proclamation 2012 364.57 Kb
• Tennessee State Proclamation
• Texas State Proclamation 2012 1.89 Mb
• Utah State Proclamation
• Virginia State Proclamation
• Washington State Proclamation 2012 1.91 Mb
• West Virginia State Proclamation
•  Wisconsin State Proclamation 374.44 Kb
•  Wyoming State Proclamation 168.88 Kb

• Medical people working with Rett syndrome to attract attention and media to their work
• Local and regional IRSF representatives to get attention from the media
• Fundraisers to establish a “reason” for the timing of their activity and to introduce Rett syndrome to potential donors
• School papers to make a “star” out of our daughters at school and to educate other students about Rett syndrome

Proclamations are meant to be used. IRSF encourages you to incorporate them when appropriate into your advocacy efforts.

We are supporting and tracking the efforts to procure proclamations in each state. If you would like to know the status for your state, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Alabama Proclamation Signing 2009:

Louisiana Proclamation Signing 2009: