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My name is John Ferman.  I am the president of Chronic Pain Partners, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. My daughter Deanna and I created the Ehlers Danlos Awareness program in 2011 to help support those with a genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

www.EDSawareness.com is an online resource for the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome community,  individuals struggling with EDS and their caregiver networks.

We help create independent, local EDS Support Groups. We have a network of more than 120 groups in the contiguous US (plus 3 in Australia, 3 in Canada, 1 in UK, 1 in Austria and 1 in Alaska.)
 
Our program hosts live webinars to help educate our members, caregivers and health care providers. 
Our EDS medical experts span 18 specialties and address more than 50 topics affecting EDS patients. 
EDS Leadership Program was conducted online in 2019 

EDS Nursing Online Educational program was launched in 2020 

 EDS Leadership resources and programs

To watch video RECORDINGS of previous presentations, Click Here

The mission of EDS Awareness is to ensure greater understanding of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by patients, the general public and within the medical community –  in order to improve the quality of life for those affected by EDS – and those who care for them.

Website content is driven by user participation and learning – for the benefit of all those with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and related disorders. The greater the participation, the greater the value to the whole community.

Click here to learn more about our passion for helping those with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.