Sep 09 2024 12 mins
For kids managing a rheumatic disease, school can be a frustrating cycle of missed lessons and makeup work. While a 504 Plan for special accommodations can certainly help, families living with pediatric rheumatic diseases know that school-related challenges are inevitable.
There is very little evidence about the burden of school-related issues and the exact barriers that kids with pediatric rheumatic diseases face.
Mia Chandler, M.D, M.P.H, a pediatric rheumatologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, aims to change that. Last year, Dr. Chandler won a CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Career Development Award to support her research into Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and School-Related Concerns. Her research will assess the burden of school-related concerns – beyond physical and academic challenges to include social and psychological issues.
Learn more about her important research and the challenges that kids face at school in this special episode of the CARRA Podcast.