Who are we? 

The Chronic Illness Advocacy & Awareness Group (CIAAG) envisions a world where those with disabilities and chronic illnesses are guaranteed palliative care and access to prescription life sustaining medications without stigma, fear or push-back, particularly from the medical community. We shape social narratives to promote inclusion of disabled rights and individualized patient-centered care. We lobby against political agendas and misinformation campaigns that interfere with patient's access to vital medications and palliative care.  We support patient populations with the following:

• ​Chronic Pancreatitis
• Sarcoidosis
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Arachnoiditis
• Failed Spinal Surgery
• Multiple Sclerosis ​
• Degenerative Disc Disease ​
• Sickle Cell Anemia​​

• Chiari Malformation
• Gastroparesis
• Veteran Wounds/Injuries 
• Endometriosis
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia 
• ​Crohns ​​

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• Interstitial Cystitis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Lupus​​
• Trigeminal Neuralgia​
• Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
• Other Painful Incurable Illnesses & Conditions​​

Join  our  Advocate  Army

​​You asked, and we delivered! Join CIAAG’s 'Advocate Army', to become empowered in your healthcare. We will arm you with the knowledge and education to help you advocate. You will be granted access to our Advocate Army Library which includes, research, news stories, case law, graphs, and more! In addition, we will be creating interactive webinars which will keep you up to date on the untreated pain crisis. Become a member of the Advocate Army today, to learn how to advocate for your human rights, and the rights of your community here at CIAAG. ​

Register 

Register as a member at the upper right hand corner of the page! 

Donate

Make an annual donation based on which membership benefits you'd like to receive. 

Become a Member 

Be accepted to CIAAG's Advocacy Library and Exclusive Membership Pages 

Why Become a Member

Membership Tiers & ANNUAL Pricing

Make your Donation

Note: Membership is based on a January 1st - December 31st term. Membership is contingent upon receipt of renewal of your membership each year. 

  Important    articles 

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• ​​Suicide increases of 25% lock step with the issuance of the "CDC Guidelines"
• CDC Admits Prescription Opioid Deaths have been 'Significantly Inflated'. ​
• Opioid prescribing drops in the largest amount in 25 Years 
• Prescribed Painkillers didn't cause the Opioid Crisis 

Would  you  be  willing  to   give  up  a cup  of



  coffee  to  make  a  change?

We are a small lobbying non-profit,run by two very sick disabled women. Any "change" for change  you can spare, would make a world of difference. 

Donate now!

Check out  our  blog, 


Words of Pain.  

READ HERE

Want   to    print   out   flyers   to   send   


​to   your


legislators? 

Check out our tool's tab, where we offer informational flyers to help you better advocate for your patient rights! 

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Meet  Our  Team

Lauren     L.  DeLuca, CPCU, API, AINS 

Jayne     Flanders 

Founder  &  President

Vice   president