Patient Advocacy & Awareness (Simple Tasks)

Legislation that guarantees access to rheumatologists, research, and initiatives to grow the rheumatology workforce, and ensuring people understand the importance of rheumatology are crucial to ensuring that the millions of patients living with rheumatic disease have appropriate and timely access to healthcare and treatment. Learn about the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) priority policy issues and how you can get involved.

Take Action

Take action and keep up to date on important advocacy issues that affect the rheumatology community.

Take Action

Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month

RDAM increases public understanding of the rheumatic diseases and the associated healthcare challenges.

RDAM

Share Your Story

We want to hear your story, so we can share your experiences with policymakers and work to solve problems rather than create them.

Share Your Story

Patient Blog

See health and wellness tips for managing rheumatic conditions from trusted rheumatology health care providers, as well as advocacy issue updates affecting the rheumatology community.

Patient Blog
rheumatic disease awareness month: RheumMoves

It’s Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month!

This year’s Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM) focuses on exercise and physical activity and addresses the current knowledge gap on the importance of safe exercises for individuals living with rheumatic diseases. We’ve created an PT-approved RDAM toolkit that includes an infographic, library of videos, blog post, fact sheet and downloadable social media graphics. Please share these resources with your patients to help us empower them to take a proactive role in managing their health through safe, accessible exercise strategies.

RDAM 2025 Toolkit
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