The Lupus Foundation of America provides education and support services to people affected by lupus. The foundation collaborates with experts to provide clear, easy-to-use information, programs, and resources to help people navigate their journey with lupus. Programs offered: - Health Education Specialists: Specialists are available to answer questions and provide caring support to people with lupus. Health Education Specialists are specially trained to provide people affected by lupus with non-medical counseling, disease education, information, and helpful resources. Spanish speaking health education specialists are also available. - The Expert Series: An educational podcast that features empowering conversations with leading lupus experts that focus on helping people live with lupus - LupusConnect: An online community where people can engage with others to share experiences, find emotional support, and discuss practical ways to live and cope with the disease - Lupus & You: A free educational series where people with lupus, their family, and friends can learn more about the latest in lupus research and managing the disease. Provides advocacy and panelist events in-person or virtual formats. - National Resource Center: A collection of up-to-date resources and information on lupus. The Resource Center educates, empowers, and connects individuals to resources, educational articles, and support services about lupus. - Strategies to Embrace Living with Lupus Fearlessly (SELF): A free online self-management app program designed to help people with lupus live their best life. SELF is tailored to support people with lupus to manage symptoms, stress, medications, and working with their health care team. - Take Charge: A weekly education email series designed to give people with lupus, and those recently diagnosed, tips, and resources that can help them better manage their lupus and it's everyday challenges Find a local Lupus Foundation chapter at www.lupus.org/chapters.

Clinic Services include: Acute and Short-Term Illness Care: - Adult vaccinations - Allergy Care: Doctors treat allergens and provide care for allergies related to the environment, weather, food, eczema, and medication. Allergy testing and shots. - Asthma: Physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists work to create an asthma treatment program - Chest conditions (common cold, flu, sinusitis, whooping cough) - Childhood vaccinations - Constipation and diarrhea - Dermatology (acne, fungal, infection, rash, ringworm) - Ears, head, and nose disorders (ear infection, hair loss, sty) - Heartburn (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) - Ingrown toenail - Motion sickness - Musculoskeletal disorders (arthritis, back pain, spasms) - Obstetrics and Gynecology - Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) - Pregnancy and prenatal care - Preventive care - Primary care (annual physicals, sports physicals, well-child exams) - Sexually transmitted disease (STD) Chronic Illness Care: - Adolescent and adult developmental issues - Adrenal disorders - Ataxia - Chronic disease management (for diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension/high blood pressure, and other diseases) - Chronic total occlusion - Depression including bipolar depression, elderly depression, major depression, recurrent depression, and treatment resistant depression - Growth disorders - Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) - Infertility - Kidney and liver disease - Lupus - Optometry - Pediatric developmental (puberty and sexual development, undescended testes, scleroderma) - Phenylketonuria - Urology (bed wetting, pediatric Vesicoureteral reflux)

- Assistive technology team designs customized orthotics, prostheses, and other adaptive technology - Child Life Specialists offering techniques for emotional support for children during hospital stay and procedures - Craniofacial evaluations and treatment for cleft lip/palate, facial paralysis, and other conditions - Feeding clinic provides evaluation and treatment of difficulty chewing or swallowing - First seizure clinic provides evaluation of children who've recently had seizures for the first time - Medical social work - Neurodiagnostic electroencephalograms (EEG) - Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery to treat disorders affecting the brain, nerves, and spinal cord - Pediatric Neuropsychology for disorders of the brain function such as epilepsy and other seizure disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and other neurological conditions - Pediatric Orthopedics to treat bone and muscle problems from neuromuscular conditions - Pediatric psychiatry for children with disabilities - Pediatric Rheumatology for children and teens who have a wide variety of complex rheumatic and inflammatory conditions - Plagiocephaly diagnosis and treatment for infants - Radiology and diagnostic imaging - Rehabilitation for brain injuries, spinal injuries, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and motor skill development - Seating and mobility evaluations for wheelchairs and other adaptive equipment - Sleep medicine for children with disabilities that affect their sleep - Spasticity evaluation clinic - Specialized treatment for cerebral palsy including physical and occupational therapies, orthopedics, neurology, spasticity management, communication assistance, and assistive technology such as braces, wheelchair-seating systems, and other equipment - Therapy gym, playground, and pool that are accessible - Virtual rehab therapy