# How rare is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** stories\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/how-rare-is-this/7681 "2019-10-03T15:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Chas521](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/chas521/32/5683_2.png) [@Chas521](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Chas521)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/how-rare-is-this/7681/11 "2019-12-25T18:44:53Z")
Dear sir: I was the individual that wrote to you requesting an article on Ataxia. You did NOT print my entire letter but also edited out the most important part! Please do not edit this letter but print it in its complete entirety. I have had Ataxia well over 50 years so I do know something about it. I read the replies in the current Letters to the Editor section and they were true. But let me go a little farther. I think you need a little education since ataxia is not rare as was pointed out. Your article was about ataxia and not Ataxia. Ataxia with the small “a” [ataxia] is the symptom while Ataxia with the capital “A” [Ataxia] is the illness itself. The illness itself IS very rare. The illness is what your article should have been about. Please make the correction. > [@Brain and Life magazine](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/brain-and-life-magazine/7631/8): > > I was kinda angry at the Brain and Life article on Ataxia because although it said a lot, they left out a very important part of my letter to the editor. Just look at the current replies in the letter to the editor section. I’m talking about the small “a” vs. the capital “A”. Small ataxia is a common symptom but A is NOT. I wrote to them nicely but not happy so we’ll see if they correct. EDIT: See my post here #1. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/how-rare-is-this/7681)._