The Lupus and Autoimmune Blog

The entire LupusChick team is excited to announce this Fall’s College Stipend award is now open! This season’s award is in honor of Ivy Ann Shapiro, 39, of Clermont, Florida (formerly of Sunrise, Florida), who passed away on June 21, 2019, due to complications from Lupus and other auto-immune diseases. Ivy was a true Lupus […]

High school and college years are challenging enough without throwing a chronic illness into the mix. It is during these years that you are branching out, learning more about yourself, experiencing new things, making new friendships, and creating a path to your career, relationships and more. For anyone, it can be a time filled with […]

Back in January, we once again opened the application process for this year’s LupusChick award, which helps a special man or woman living with lupus – and in school – to pay for supplies, books, tuition, or other expenses. This year we are thrilled to give away our eighth award! Typically, these financial stipends are […]

Hi LupusChicks (and LupusDudes!), we have a wonderful announcement that we are so excited to share with you. Our ever-popular educational stipend is back thanks to some amazing people and the dear life of Christi Kay Henderson. The LupusChick/Christi Kay Henderson Educational Stipend will gift one person living with lupus, who is currently in school, […]

By guest writer, Mariana Abeid-McDougall When Felix Walters was waiting for the bus to get home from work one day, she was feeling a little more confident in her walking ability. She stood up from her wheelchair to push it onto the bus. The driver made an obscene gesture and kept driving past the bus stop. […]

Hey LupusChicks! Thanks to our amazing partners at LupaVita, the multivitamin made specifically for those with Lupus, we are bringing back our educational enrichment award! We understand how difficult it can be to attend college and also deal with lupus every day, and we want to help relieve some of that stress burden! What does […]