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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!).

ByDanielle Noble

Spondyloarthritis, My Support Systems, and Me

When I was nine years old, I went to the doctor for a mysteriously swollen knee, one that I couldn’t remember hitting on anything and…

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ByMohamed Saeed

Spondyloarthritis: A Story of Math, Disconnection and Pain

I feel more and more detached, yet I have high hopes. I keep praying. Without prayers I can…

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BySara Shaw

Seeking the Light at the End of this Tunnel

I do not have all the answers, but I know that we will get through this, and while…

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ByRachel Zaimont

Walk AS One Helps the Spondyloarthritis Community Find Their “Happy…

“There comes a point where you either subdue to it, or you…

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Flowing Through My Ankylosing Spondylitis Diagnosis

In 2018, I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and other related diseases. While there was a sense of relief that I finally received answers, I…

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ByJessica Thomas

My Never-Ending Story: Surviving AS, RA, and COVID-19

My name is Jessica Thomas, and I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend…

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