Blogs:
Faces of Ankylosing Spondylitis – Cookie-Cheryl Hopper
This AS Life – Run by Novartis Pharmaceuticals
It’s Just a Bad Day, Not a Bad Life (Psoriatic Arthritis) – Julie Cerrone Croner
The Mighty – several bloggers
Online support communities and forums:
Spondylitis Association of America community forums
Ankylosing Spondylitis Support Group for Black Women (BLASST) – private Facebook group
Standing Strong Together Against Ankylosing Spondylitis – private Facebook group
Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis – private Facebook group
Ankylosing Spondylitis – private Facebook group
Ankylosing Spondylitis on Reddit
In-Person Support Groups:
Spondylitis Association of America
News/Info Sites & Miscellaneous:
I’d like to keep this page as current as possible and I hope it will continue to grow, so if it looks like I’m missing something or someone please comment below. This is meant to be a resource for people with any form of Spondyloarthritis, including:
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)
- Peripheral Spondyloarthritis (pSpA)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Reactive Arthritis (ReA)
- Juvenile Spondyloarthritis (JSpA)
- Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
- Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis (USpA)
- Enteropathic Arthritis (EnA)
For information about educational and nonprofit organizations that do work on behalf of Ankylosing Spondylitis and related diseases, visit my Resources page.
Note from Charis: I cannot certify that information on any of the above links is medically correct or accurate.