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

• International Scleroderma Network
• Lupus Foundation

Scleroderma

• International Scleroderma Network
• Scleroderma Foundation

Sjogren's Syndrome

• Sjogrens Syndrome Foundation

Transition of Care

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

Uveitis

• The Ocular and Immunology Uveitis Foundations