Claire Crisp, Executive Director Wake Up Narcolepsy, Inc. The Sleep Forum is proud to provide media coverage for the Wake Up Narcolepsy Conference in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 19, 2019.   The Conference is an informative one day conference in Pasadena with leading experts in the field of Narcolepsy.  Also attending are other narcolepsy non-profit groups, pharma companies and people with narcolepsy.  Dr. Emmanual Mignot,  a sleep researcher and director of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, at Stanford University, is keynote speaker and will be sharing the latest research and treatment options. In this podcast, Claire Crisp, Executive Director at Wake Up Narcolepsy, tells us her personal story with Narcolepsy, some of the goals and achievements at Wake Up Narcolepsy and what to expect at the Education Day on January 19, 2019. Crisp tells the listeners that "she came from London, England to California eight years ago when her daughter Mathilda was diagnosed with Narcolepsy after receiving a routine vaccination."  Crisp wrote a book, Waking Mathilda, because she wanted to give her daughter a voice when she was too young to tell her own story.  Mathilda is now 12 years old and already an advocate for narcolepsy awareness. Exhibitors at the conference is Takeda, Harmony Biosciences, Avadel, Jazz, Hypersomnia Foundation and The Sleep Forum.   Please make sure to check back with us following the conference for full coverage from speakers and exhibitors.