# Cionic News 
## Multiple Sclerosis

The latest mobility news and updates, including customer stories, exercise tips, educational resources, and more.

### Living With MS, Resilience, and Finding Strength: Alessandra’s Story
**The Cionic Team • April 22, 2026**  
Alessandra shares her story of being diagnosed with MS, navigating mobility changes like drop foot, and learning how to live well with a chronic illness.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/living-with-ms-resilience-and-finding-strength-alessandras-story)

### Steps Toward Hope: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
**The Cionic Team • March 12, 2026**  
March is National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month. A time dedicated to empowering and uniting the community of those who live with MS.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/steps-toward-hope-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month)

### Living with Confidence: Blanca Lobo’s Journey with MS, Community, and Style
**Maddi Niebanck • September 3, 2025**  
Blanca Lobo's MS journey highlights resilience, community support, and adaptive fashion, showcasing how the Cionic Neural Sleeve aids her mobility and confidence.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/living-with-confidence-blanca-lobos-journey-with-ms-community-and-style)

### Celebrating Disability Pride Month: A Conversation with Dr. Barry Singer on MS, Inclusion, and Innovation
**Maddi Niebanck • July 24, 2025**  
Join multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Barry Singer and stroke survivor Maddi Niebanck as they discusses MS care, inclusion, and innovations like the Cionic Neural Sleeve.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/disability-pride-month-with-dr-barry-singer)

### Moving with MS - One MS Warrior's Journey Empowering Others to Move
**Maddi Niebanck • July 7, 2025**  
Kathy Chester's joins the CIONIC Podcast to journey with multiple sclerosis and her inspiring work with MS Disrupted program.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/moving-with-ms-one-ms-warriors-journey-empowering-others-to-move)

### From the Roadway to the Runway for Multiple Sclerosis
**Maddi Niebanck • May 12, 2025**  
Paula Prentiss showcases endurance and style, walking with the Cionic Neural Sleeve at Together for a Cure fashion show in Salt Lake and Walk MS in Chicago.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/cionic-on-the-runway-paula-prentiss-story)

### Walking with Style: Blanca’s Story of MS, Mobility, & Adaptive Fashion
**Shannon Kelly • September 18, 2024**  
Meet Blanca. She is a disability advocate with a passion for adaptive fashion. She was diagnosed with MS in 2018. Here is her story.  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/walking-with-style-blancas-story-of-ms-mobility-adaptive-fashion)

### Upper Motor Neuron Disorders: Symptoms, Treatment, and More
**Shannon Kelly • August 20, 2024**  
Upper motor neuron disorders represent a complex and challenging category of neurological conditions that significantly impact movement and muscle control. These disorders stem from damage to the ...  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/upper-motor-neuron-disorders-symptoms-treatment-and-more)

### CIONIC Stories: Blanca on Multiple Sclerosis, Disability, and Self-Love
**Shannon Kelly • June 20, 2024**  
Meet Blanca. Originally from Venezuela, she’s called the United States home for the last eight years. In May of 2018, her life took an unexpected turn. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This ...  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/cionic-stories-blanca-on-multiple-sclerosis-disability-and-self-love)

### New Scientific Advisory Board Member Dr. Enrique Alvarez on DMTs, Mobility, and MS Progression
**Anne Ellis • March 19, 2024**  
Earlier today, CIONIC announced three new Centers of Excellence, as well as the appointment of Enrique Alvarez, MD, PhD, associate professor of neuroimmunology at University of Colorado School of ...  
[Read More](https://go.cionic.com/new-scientific-advisory-board-member-dr-enrique-alvarez-on-dmts-mobility-and-ms-progression)