Katharine Rose blogs about how the essence of life seems to always come down to the small and simple things, to the things we often don’t think about, the things we take for granted, the things we forget are gifted to us as human beings: our ability to see and hear, taste and smell, walk and breathe.

I'm grateful to have had so many decades of my life completely unaware of Usher syndrome. But now that I know that I have it, I think often about how Usher syndrome isn't something that everyone knows about.

The primary purpose of the Own the Equinox campaign is to raise awareness about Usher syndrome. The second purpose of Own the Equinox is to raise funds for the Usher Syndrome Coalition.

Usher Syndrome Awareness Day and the Own the Equinox campaign are first about raising awareness for Usher syndrome. By building a community and gaining global recognition for Usher syndrome we move closer to a cure.