The International Misophonia Foundation is happy to announce that we are officially registered as a 501(c)(3)organization. We are so happy to continue on this journey for misophonia and sensory advocacy, and very thankful for those of you who have supported us in these first few months of forming our foundation. We are pleased to announce that all donations which happened prior to our filing will be tax deductible, and we will send you official receipts within the next week. We are also excited that this tax status has come right before Giving Tuesday, an honored tradition where post Black Friday, donations are given to organizations with a charity status. This gift helps our organization grow and is tax deductible. The following are our goals for our foundation:
– Facilitating research studies and surveys on misophonia, misokinesia, and sensory processing disorders
– Creating an Independent Review Board (IRB) for misophonia research
– Creating an academic journal for misophonia and developing guidance for editors of this journal
– Providing a web blog and news website that publishes the voices of sufferers of misophonia, their loved ones, clinicians, and researchers at www.misophoniainternational.com
– Developing a web show for persons with misophonia, loved-ones, researchers and clinicians that is widely accessible and free
– Providing a Clinician Directory for persons with misophonia to find clinicians
– Creating resources for researchers, clinicians, and sufferers of misophonia
– Contacting developers of operating systems, gaming systems, software, websites, and other technology to advocate for more sensory friendly design
– Planning an in person conference for research / community
– Expanding research goals and filling the gaps in existing misophonia literature
– Developing books and materials related to misophonia
– Consulting with other Misophonia organizatons, researchers and practitioners
– Facilitating and promoting petitions that serve the misophonia/misokinesia/sensory communities
– Providing reviews on products that might be helpful to persons with misophonia
– Creating and publishing translations of misophonia resources for different populations
– Providing assistive technology for coping with misophonia/misokinesia such as headphones, sensory regulation items, earplugs, and other useful tools for coping
We are offering “Founding Donor” lifetime memberships until January 1st which will provide discounts on all of our future events as well as special access to resources. After January 1st, we will be moving to yearly memberships for our foundation to help continue growth and support our work.
If you would like to donate, you can do so here: https://misophoniafoundation.com/donate/
