CdLS Connections
Navigating the challenges & triumphs of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) and where we explore, learn, and share everything related to CdLS. We will learn from families, clinicians, researchers & educators and those exploring new frontiers relevant to the CdLS community.
CdLS Connections
Majda Ficko - Dimitre's Legacy
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Canadian CdLS Foundation
Dimitre was born in 1997 and was diagnosed with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome shortly after birth. Dimitre's mom Majda Ficko shares her life with her son Dimitre and how it shifted her career in a new direction and through Dimitre, continues to keep his legacy alive with a skincare line. Dimitre passed away in 2021 at the age of 23.
*video contains discussion about death and dying