March 11, 2021March 9, 2021 A Life With Juvenile Arthritis Is Still a Happy Life Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis When I first started this column, I had so many things I wanted to share with families coping with juvenile arthritis ... Read more
March 4, 2021March 2, 2021 Designing a Play Space That Accommodates Juvenile Arthritis Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis When I returned home from the hospital after my first major juvenile arthritis flare, my parents had to move around some ... Read more
February 25, 2021February 23, 2021 Maybe Juvenile Arthritis Isn’t So Rare After All Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis With Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28 quickly approaching, I began to reflect on my experience living with juvenile-onset psoriatic arthritis. While ... Read more
February 18, 2021February 16, 2021 The Stigma of Invisible Illness Affects the Whole Family Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis It was hard to learn to advocate for myself as a teenager with juvenile arthritis. I have many anecdotes from those ... Read more
February 11, 2021February 9, 2021 Do Biologics Lose their Efficacy Over Time? Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis Although it’s still two days away as I write this, I’m counting down the minutes until injection day. The biologic I ... Read more
February 4, 2021February 2, 2021 How JA Parents Can Be Proactive at Rheumatology Appointments Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis Before every doctor’s appointment, I write down my questions on a little sheet of paper and put it in my pocket. ... Read more
January 28, 2021January 26, 2021 How to Deal With Pain Caused by Physical Therapy Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis After slowly rolling out of bed, I hobble to the bathroom. I don’t want to move a muscle — they’re all ... Read more
January 21, 2021January 19, 2021 Tips for Helping Kids Take Their JA Medications Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis A couple years ago, I had my own shelf in the kitchen cabinet devoted solely to my medicines. I had vitamins ... Read more
January 14, 2021January 12, 2021 The Many Faces and Types of Juvenile Arthritis Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis Sometimes when I sit down to write my columns, I’m at a loss for words. It’s not because I’m out of ... Read more
January 7, 2021January 5, 2021 Feeling Worthy of Being Loved With Juvenile Arthritis Columns, Life with Juvenile Arthritis When I was a preteen and teenager, there were plenty of ways I tried to hide or change who I was. ... Read more
