The International Misophonia Foundation (IMF) Fall Fundraiser
The International Misophonia Foundation is asking for the help of our community to help us fund research, advocacy, education and awareness goals. Our fall fundraiser is focused on research and advocacy. Every $1 helps support our mission growth. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to all our past (and present) supporters!
The following are our goals and accomplishments from 2025-2026. We hope to achieve more in the future with your help!
Donate directly to support the IMF (if you live in the USA, your donation is tax deductible).
If you’re looking for free misophonia resources, please see our page here: https://misophoniafoundation.com/resources/free-resources/
2026 Mission Goals and Accomplishments
– Worked on a DSM proposal for submission of Misophonia
– Recruited volunteer researchers to help with on-going misophonia studies
– Obtained www.misophoniaresearch.com as a research hub
– Continued contacting organizations for sensory based UI changes such as Microsoft, Google, and Blizzard
– Hosted a 5 hour conference digitally for Parents of Misophonia Children (and those who support them)
– Continued education campaigns for clinicians, sufferers, and the greater community
2025 Mission Critical Accomplishments and Work
The following are our accomplishments and projects during 2025, and our continued misophonia (and sensory related) commitments.
– Began drafting a proposal to submit to the APA for the addition of misophonia in the DSM. Also continued sharing our DSM/ICD petition to garner public support for this initiative.
– Published 3 guides for misophonia: a guide for clinicians, a guide for parents, and a guide for teachers.
– Published a free 90 page ebook based on Misophonia Matters by Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond on our website.
– Published free worksheets on our website.
– Published a free coloring book for coping with misophonia.
– Contacted Steam, Canva, Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Nintento (and more) about on-going sensory considerations in their products.
– Continued testing products to review for the misphonia and sensory community.
-March 2025 began work on a free misophonia support app.
– March 2025, received word from Microsoft that blinking text cursor (caret) has been removed from Edge and Teams on Mac (with more to follow).
– Communicated with Google on the blinking text caret on Android and communicated with their Head of EMEA Accessibility and Disability Innovation.
– Started and promoted a petition against Microsoft after they ended access to their grant for non-profits, impacing 377,000 non-profits including ours. Contacted the press and rallied for change (received 2000 signatures)
– Contacted Blizzard Entertainment about sensory considerations in World of Warcraft and other Blizzard products
– Researched and provided information on iOS and iPad OS applications for office work (documents, spreadsheets, slides) that do not have a blinking text caret.
– Planned a conference for November 2025 with the majority of presenters supporting the voices of women in STEM.
– Received word that Microsoft implemented the IMF’s proposed changes to Office on Mac (and ipad/iphone) for the blinking text caret in Word, Powerpoint, Excel (and more), alleviating a sensory trigger in important software used in day to day work lives.
Donate directly to support the IMF (if you live in the USA, your donation is tax deductible).