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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

Tell A Story with SAA Storytellers, Your Stories on Stage! Send Us Your Story Pitch!

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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!).

ByKarra Eloff

Your Stories: Thriving as a Couple While Living with Chronic…

Karra Eloff is the author of The Chronic Pain Couple: How to…

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BySarah Louden, MHA, MBA

Living Life to the Fullest: Finding Hope and Purpose in…

Sarah Louden, MHA, MBA is the Founder and…

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ByAndrew West

To everybody starting their diagnosis journey, there is a light…

My story begins in the early 1980s. I like to think I…

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ByMia Rust

Your Stories: One Teen’s AS Journey from Disbelief to Diagnosis…

My name is Mia Rust, and I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis…

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ByMarcia Freeman

Finding Joy and Healing through Yoga Practice

Marcia D. Freeman, M.A. is a Doctoral Student at Ball State University and has been an Ordained Nazarene…

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BySarah Ziegler

A Story of Hope – You Are Not Alone

I grew up extremely active, and played soccer starting at five years old, all the way through college.…

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