Resources for Rheumatic Diseases

We encourage you to visit the following sites to learn more about you or your child's condition and health. Please discuss anything you learn about on the Internet with your doctors.

Arthritis

Arthritis Foundation
Spondylitis Foundation
Psoriasis Foundation  

Choose My Plate

ChooseMyPlate.Gov

Financial Support

Needy Meds
HealthWell Foundation
HIPP Program
LupusLA Emergency Grants

General Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics
Vaccines

Live attenuated vaccines such as MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and varicella (chickenpox) should not be given to children taking immunosuppressive medications. Please discuss with your doctors.

General

American Autoimmune Related Disease Association  
American College of Rheumatology 
Childhood Arthritis and Research Alliance
Evaluation Websites
National Institutes of Health
Pediatric Research and International Trials Organization

Health Insurance

Health Insurance Info
National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Lupus

Medline Lupus tutorial
Lupus LA
Lupus Foundation
Lupus International 

 

    

Medications

Medline plus

Myositis

Myositis Association of America

Nutrition & Fitness

Let's Move!

Overlap or Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Lupus Foundation
International Scleroderma Network

Scleroderma

Scleroderma Foundation
International Scleroderma Network

Sjogren's Syndrome

Sjogrens Syndrome Foundation

Transition of Care

Health Care Transitions
Adolescent Health Transition Project
Sick Kids
Star Light Children's Foundation
The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
Family Voices
Kids as Self Advocates

Uveitis

The Ocular and Immunology Uveitis Foundations