Christiansburg woman advocates for dysautonomia research, funding in D.C.
Heather Bell Photos courtesy of Katherine HalberstadtKatherine Halberstadt and her multi-purpose service dog in training, a standard poodle puppy named Gustav Olivier, at the U.S. Capitol. CHRISTIANSBURG - Katherine Halberstadt is a Christiansburg resident living with multiple forms of dysautonomia, the general term for disorders that disrupt a person’s autonomic nervous system (ANS). According to the Cleaveland Clinic, dysautonomia can describe several disorders, each with varying symptoms, ranging from mild to severe. Katherine and Gustav stop by Morgan Griffith’s...
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