Editing Systemic scleroderma (section)

== Society and culture ==

===Support groups===
The Juvenile Scleroderma Network is an organization dedicated to providing emotional support and educational information to parents and their children living with juvenile scleroderma, supporting pediatric research to identify the cause of and the cure for juvenile scleroderma, and enhancing public awareness.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jsdn.org/ | title=Juvenile Scleroderma Network | access-date=2008-05-11}}</ref>

In the US, the Scleroderma Foundation is dedicated to raise awareness of the disease and assist those who are affected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scleroderma.org/ | title=Scleroderma Foundation | access-date=2008-05-11}}</ref>

The [[Scleroderma Research Foundation]] sponsors research into the condition.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.srfcure.org | title=Scleroderma Research Foundation | access-date=2008-05-11}}.</ref> Comedian and television presenter [[Bob Saget]], a board member of the SRF, directed the 1996 ABC TV movie ''[[For Hope]]'', starring [[Dana Delany]], which depicts a young woman fatally affected by scleroderma; the film was based on the experiences of Saget's sister Gay.<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q2870219|id=tt0116335|title=For Hope}}</ref>

Scleroderma and Raynaud's UK is a British charity formed by the merger of two smaller organisations in 2016 to provide support for people with scleroderma and fund research into the condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sruk.co.uk/|title=SRUK – Scleroderma & Raynaud's UK &#124; SRUK|website=www.sruk.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Choices Scleroderma|url=http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scleroderma/pages/introduction.aspx|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref>