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While arthritis is commonly mislabeled as "an old person's problem," more than 300,000 children suffer from arthritis every year. While their peers are in school, exploring their special talents and playing at every opportunity, kids with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis spend much of their time in and out of hospitals, instead. At the Arthritis National Research Foundation, we're serious about putting an end to this disease that is so devastating to our children. Each year, we award $75,000 through The Kelly Award to one of our researchers specifically focused on finding better therapies and a cure for juvenile arthritis. We need your help to continue funding this critical research for children. Please donate today, knowing that you're changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of children who just want to be children. |
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Kids Get Arthritis Too
One day when she was two years old, Bailey woke up with a sore knee and wouldn’t walk on it.
When Chloe was 12 months old, her parents noticed that one of her toes was swollen, but didn’t think too much about it. Probably like most parents, the thought of arthritis never crossed their minds.
Sophie was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (jRA) when she was two years old. Why was a two-year old walking with a limp?
Kelly Rouba was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JA) at the age of 2 in the summer of 1982, a time when most parents had no idea that children could get this disease.