Spina Bifida Trivia Get Your Ribbon Yellow Ribbon Campaign Web Sites Links to More Information on Spina Bifida October is Spina Bifida month. But working to increase awareness about Spina Bifida should be a year round activity. Although spina bifida is the most commonly occurring, permanently disabling birth defect, few people know very much about it. But there are many things we can do to increase awareness of spina bifida.
Public libraries are a great resources.
And, they are one of the first places many people go for information. However, many public libraries don't have much, if any information about spina bifida. Or, they may have information that is out-dated, giving new parents a very gloomy, unhelpful and unrealistic picture of spina bifida. Provide the library with current, accurate literture about spina bifida. You may want to develop a three ring binder that can be cataloged.