Mental Health
This Mental Health Guidebook is an interactive guidebook helping you develop skills to manage life with complex illness. It was created for the vasculitis audience but is applicable across all rheumatic disease. The Guidebook comes from the Vasculitis Foundation and Stacey Ivits (MSW, RSW, Counselling Services).
Arthritis Life
Arthritis Life was created by Cheryl Crow, an Occupational Therapist with lived experience in rheumatic diseases. Her website includes numerous helpful tips and tools on living with inflammatory arthritis.
Rheuminfo.com
Rheuminfo is an accurate, independent, and reliable resource to learn about rheumatological disorders, the medications used to treat them, living with arthritis, and much more.
Arthritis Society
The Arthritis Society is a national health organization that offers free learning, workshops (online and in-person), rehabilitation, and tips on navigating through arthritis. You can even refer yourself.
Rheum.TV is an informational platform created to educate patients living with a rheumatic disease by John Hopkins Medicine.
Canadian Spondylitis Association
The Canadian Spondylitis Association is a national, non-profit, patient association to support and advocate for those living with spondyloarthritis diseases including Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic arthritis.
American College of Rheumatology
The American College of Rheumatology provides resources to learn about diseases, treatment, and your health care team.
Scleroderma Canada
Scleroderma Canada is a national non-profit organizing advocating for those affected by scleroderma. They provide patient education, research, and peer support.
The Myositis Association
The Myositis Association’s mission is to improve the lives of people affected by myositis, fund research, and increase myositis awareness and advocacy. They provide information, support, advocacy, and research for the myositis community.
Vasculitis Foundation of Canada
The Vasculitis Foundation of Canada provides excellent resources for patients to learn about vasculitis.
Take a Pain Check Foundation
Take a Pain Check Foundation empowers youth and young adults impacted by rheumatic disease to advocate for themselves and to create a supportive, safe, and inclusive community where individuals feel understood.