Support Group Information

Community: Resources and Links

Many resources exist for persons with CFIDS (PWCs) and their families. Following is a list of some resources we're aware of outside of this webpage. If you know of a resource that should be listed here, please write to webmaster@cfids.org.

The CFIDS Association of America claims no responsibility for information on websites that are not part of the Association's website. This information is provided as a public service.

Advocacy & Awareness
Caregiving
Disability
Education
Government Agencies
Professional Organizations
Living with CFIDS
Research
Treatment & Medicine

Advocacy & Awareness

• Action for ME
• Families USA
• Patient Advocate Foundation

Caregiving

• The National Family Caregivers' Association
• Well Spouse Association

Disability

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• Guide to Disability Rights Laws
• Job Accommodation Network
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives
• Recruiting People with Disabilities as Employees
• SSA Ruling
• Social Security Disability Report Form Guide
• Social Security Disability Secrets

Education

• Chronic Illness Initiative
• Net Wellness
• NICHCY –National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• Online Health Resources
• Wikiverse

Government Agencies

• CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Department of Education, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
• Department of Labor
• Disability.gov 
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• NARIC – National Rehabilitation Information Center
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
• National Institutes of Health / National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants'
• NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Professional Organizations

• International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• American Dietetic Association
• The American Board of Medical Specialties
• The American Medical Association 
• HIV InSite

Living with CFIDS

• American Academy of Pain Management
• American Chronic Pain Association
• American Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc
• American Dietetic Association Virtual Hospital
• Arthrite Montreal Arthritis
• Arthritis Foundation
• CFIDS Report
• CFS Phoenix
• CIcoach - Chronic Illness.com
• FibromyalgiaSyndrome
• Food Allergy Network
• Interstitial Cystitis Association
• Invisible Disabilities Association of Canada
• Lupus Foundation of America
• ME/CFS Parents
• ME/CFS Society of NSW
• Melpomene
• National Pain Foundation
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• National Women's Health Network
• Pediatric Network
• Suicide Crisis Center
• Virtual Hospital
• Web M.D.

Research

• Co-cure
• Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Resource
• Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• National Disautonomia Reasearch Foundation
• National Library of Medicine PubMed

Treatment & Medicine

• AllRefer Health.com
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Answers In The Aisles
• Biofeedback Research Institute
• Center for Special Immunology
• Council for Homeopathic Certicifation
• Electrical Pollution Solutions
• HealthAtoZ.com
• HealthCentral.com
• Healthopedia.com
• Hunter-Hopkins Center
• Massage Magazine
• MD Junction
• Mind Body Digestive Center
• The effects of nutritional supplements on the symptoms of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
• 1UPHealth