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Welcome to our virtual community! Start by browsing through the personal stories featured here.

We have organized these stories into two categories: Your Stories – stories sent to us at the Spondylitis Association of America – and selections from The Faces of Ankylosing Spondylitis project. 

We’d love your story as well! Send it to us at Programs@spondylitis.org

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SAA is always looking for those in the spondyloarthritis community to tell their story (patients, caregivers, medical personnel, and friends of the community – all are welcome!).

ByRob Yuen

SpA and Physical Therapy: A Patient Advocate’s Story

Have you ever found yourself asking the question, “What do physical therapists actually do and how might they…

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BySasha Simon

Sasha Simon

My name is Sasha and I am a 26-year-old living in Sydney, Australia. My ankylosing spondylitis (AS) journey began just over six years ago when I was walking to a university class and had a flare-up so…

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ByAntoinette

Antoinette

Antoinette is a 10 year old girl suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis. At just two and a half years old, Antoinette would wake up in the middle of the night screaming and saying bugs were biting her back.…

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ByMary Jo Bacorn

Mary Jo Bacorn

My name is Mary Jo Bacorn and I want to share my ankylosing spondylitis (AS) journey. In retrospect, I likely had AS since childhood. I was…

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ByLucas Absler

They used to call me “Glass.” Now they call me…

When I was younger, I played baseball. I would often be sidelined…

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ByJim Weatherhead

Four Corners Ride for Hope

I love to ride motorcycles. Feeling my body in motion on any type of two-wheeled contraption is a deep-seated passion that started with the first…

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