The second of the “Nadir-X” comic book, created to draw attention to rare diseases, took its place in bookstores with its new heroes and stories. Leman illustrator and writer Erhan Candan’s second comic book “Nadir-X 2”, which is a continuation of awareness after the first Nadir-X comic that was released in 2021, is on the shelves under the label of Altın Kitaplar Publishing House. With every book purchased, support is given to the Association for Combating SMA Disease (SMA-Der), the Association for Mucopolysaccharidosis and Similar Lysosomal Storage Diseases (MPS LH).
More than 6 million people and their relatives in Turkey are struggling with rare diseases. The number of people with rare diseases in the world has exceeded 350 million people. Another issue that children and families battling with rare diseases struggle with is misinformation about diseases and the problem of peer bullying…
NADIR-X’s first comic was highly appreciated by book lovers
The first comic of Nadir-X, which was published in order to draw attention to the problems faced by children with rare diseases in their daily lives, to ensure that children in school continue their treatment, to prevent their peers from being excluded from school, and to ensure that children’s treatment processes are supported by their friends, was highly appreciated by book lovers.
Nadir-X’s first comic, published with the unconditional support of GEN, the consultancy of Specialist Psychologist and Pedagog Ebru Şen, and the contributions of illustrator Erhan Candan, is published by the Cystic Fibrosis and Solidarity Association (KİFDER), Cystinosis Patients Association (SYSTINDER) and Duchenne Kas. It was prepared with the Association of Fight Against Disease (DMD Turkey).
The second book of Nadir-X includes contributions from the Association for Combating SMA Disease (SMA-DER), the Association for Mucopolysaccharidosis and Similar Lysosomal Storage Diseases (MPS LH) and the Turkish Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Association (TÇGHBD).