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Support Groups

You may wish to consider joining a support group. The American Juvenile Arthritis Organization runs support groups for people with JRA and their families. Support group meetings provide the chance to talk to other young people and parents of children with JRA and may help a child and his or her family cope with the condition.

American Juvenile Arthritis Organization
1330 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404-872-7100 or 800-283-7800 (free of charge)
www.arthritis.org

Part of the National Arthritis Foundation, this organization is the primary nonprofit group devoted to childhood rheumatic diseases. It has information about JRA, support groups, and pediatric rheumatology centers around the country.

American College of Rheumatology
1800 Century Place, Suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30345
Phone: 404-633-3777
Fax: 404-633-1870
www.rheumatology.org

The association provides referrals to doctors and health professionals who work on arthritis, rheumatic diseases, and related conditions. The association also provides educational materials and guidelines.

Kids on the Block, Inc.
9385-C Gerwig Lane
Columbia, MD 21046
Phone: 410-290-9095 or 800-368-KIDS (5437) (free of charge)

Kids on the Block, Inc., is an educational program that uses puppets to show how JRA can affect school, sports, friends, and family. A package is available (for a fee) that includes a set of large puppets that represent a diverse group of children, as well as audiocassettes, a training guide, four different program scripts, props, follow-up activities, and other resources. The program is designed so that anyone can be a puppeteer, and workshops to train puppeteers are available.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION:

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIAMS/National Institutes of Health
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm

NIH Publication No. 01-4942

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institutes of Health
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
Phone: 301-495-4484 or 877-22-NIAMS (226-4267) (free of charge)
TTY: 301-565-2966
Fax: 301-718-6366
www.niams.nih.gov/

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
P.O. Box 2058
Des Plaines, IL 60017
Phone: 800-824-BONE (2663) (free of charge)
www.aaos.org

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