I enjoy Asthma Allergy Foundation of America because they have so much information on both asthma and allergy. I am a parent of two children dealing with asthma and I have asthma as well. This prompted me to pursue a career as an asthma educator so that I could help families better understand asthma.
I use AAFA materials to help keep me updated on the latest new and treatment as well as a way to help me advocate for families that are dealing with asthma.
AAFA has been so amazing to my daughter and I. My daughter has chronic lung disease and AAFA has been a vital organization to help get us connected to resource and have given us the platform to share our story to help other families. So thankful for this organization and the work they are doing. We love our AAFA Family.
AAFA has allowed me to share my story of asthma and allergies in a positive light in which I can beneficially give back to the health community! It is truly amazing seeing their members' hard work to accomplish improving conditions for those with asthma and allergies.
This foundation is phenomenon! They are doing the best that they can to help with families who suffers from asthma. They are my go to on any information relevant to asthma. My son Javan and I would like to thank you for allowing us to be advocates in this field. So many don't know how serious it is.
Thank you again.
The AAFA (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America) is a wonderful organization working so hard to enhance life, raise awareness and support people and families living with asthma. I recently had a chance to serve on a live zoom panel to facilitate discussion during the virtual Pediatric Asthma Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting on September 20, 2021 and they gathered a great group of participants as well as moderators to have a great conversation. So much learning and sharing took place. I’m extremely grateful for their space in the asthma community. Thank you AAFA for allowing our voices to be heard, for listening and looking forward to more collaborating!
I have severe uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma, scent intolerance and 2nd stage COPD.
The AAFA has helped me to
learn alot about asthma. It has provided a strong community of support. It has allowed me to speak my mind. I would be lost without the AAFA.
Our Students at Iona Preparatory school were able to stand in solidarity with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation by raising over $1,000 for their student peers with allergies. I appreciate the recognition given by the foundation to our students, with a personal letter and masks to support their work!
When my daughter was a baby we discovered she was allergic to many things, some transmitted through breastmilk. It was so hard to figure out how to deal with everything. I found the kids with food allergies website and was able to learn what to do and how to find foods we could eat. Everything from a nearly allergen-free first birthday cake to reading comments and experiences from other parents. Luckily, she has outgrown all her food allergies except peanut/tree nut. This foundation helped us navigate those early scary and new days.
Our overall experience with AAFA was fantastic. Mr. Cole Clementson is caring, proactive and super knowledgeable. He was efficiently in replying to every email. He did an amazing job following up.
Tremendous value add from KFA's education and advocacy work for families managing food allergy and asthma. For example, KFA made downloadable image resources available to the community for May Awareness month! Huge help to people trying to spread the word. Also circulate food recall info to help people avoid consuming unsafe foods.
I really really do like yalls Asthmatic and Allergies group because yall are so very important to me on the inside because I'm A Very important Asthmatic and Allergies Gal ok.
I absolutely love the AAFA! They have such good sources & are always there! I have become friends with a few people I met through AAFA & I will forever be grateful for them! THanks to the AAFA, I have went a far ways in life after them publishing articles about my journey. Thank you Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America!!!
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This is an amazing nonprofit organization. AAFA is dedicated to helping patients with asthma and allergies. The organization shows its dedication through its support of patients and its unwavering support of staff.
AAFA is a well run, mission driven organization with an exceptional staff. The organization works hard to meet the needs of all individuals and families with asthma and allergies. This year AAFA has supported its community with advocacy, critical information about COVID-19 to support the community and the publication of a report on disparities to raise awareness and improve treatment and management for racial minorities with these conditions.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) provides outstanding educational and support services to individuals and families suffering from asthma and allergic diseases. They have a robust social media presence and online community. They have been at the forefront of providing unbiased and clear education on COVID-19, and were one of the first groups to provide clear advice on COVID-19 for people suffering from asthma. Their work has even been utilized by the CDC, amongst others. For someone looking for a non-profit that really supports the emotional needs of patients and families suffering from asthma and/or allergies, I would most strongly suggest looking at AAFA. They really are an exceptional organization in this space!
Focused on mission and advancing services to diverse asthma and allergy communities across the country. I have the honor and satisfaction of serving on the board and assessing the high standards and professionalism of the management team and volunteers.
Exceedingly effective and responsible in advancing its mission on behalf of people living with asthma and allergic disease. Always more impactful than expected.
An amazing organization! Working for our patients everyday! I am proud to be a member of it’s Board of Directors.
I have been a board member at AAFA for over 15 years. Former chair of the board and committee chair. The work this organization does on behalf of the patients, parents and caregivers is remarkable. With the addition of Kids With Food Allergies we have expanded our reach and impact tremendously.
Really helpful in directing me to basic information as a newly diagnosed person as an adult. Took education courses, read their materials, and used some of their patient support options.
They post reliable, evidence-based information and are kind and compassionate. I am comfortable directing people there for information.
The resources that AAFA provides are tremendously helpful in helping people live with their asthma. Their advocacy to raise awareness of living with Asthma and also make asthma medication affordable and accessible is a great charter for patients.
Passionate, dedicated, committed to serving the asthma and allergy patient. This is an organization that truly lives it's mission. The team at AAFA works relentlessly to improve lives through education, tools, and community.
AAFA is a trusted and leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies. It's mission is to save lives and reduce asthma and allergy disease burden in the patient community through support, advocacy, education and research. Of particular note, it is invested in charting solutions with goals to remove disparities that disproportionately impact underserved patient groups afflicted by asthma and allergies. They also serve as a leading voice on behalf of patients/caregivers, raising awareness and securing commitment from legislators to enact policies that help to reduce the impact of asthma and allergies in the US.
Great organization! I appreciate that AAFA provides very helpful day-to-day tips about living with allergies, and also conducts solid advocacy for sensible policies at the national level.
AAFA plays a unique role in the asthma and allergy community by bringing together a community where multiple conditions (asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergies, eczema, etc.) exist. AAFA's efforts in advocacy have been especially notable in 2020, spearheading efforts across multiple nonprofits to drive key legislation, including food labeling and school-based management. AAFA always puts the interests of its constituents first.
This is a fantastic charity that provides medically vetted information to those with allergies and asthma and is working to close the gap in health disparities.
Thanks so much for the insight on air cleaning devices and really good resource information.
Great support system!
AAFA is a fantastic organization with wonderful resources to support and educate the community members and healthcare professionals. They are a great resource for advocacy of legislation to support the community as well!
I have severe animal dander allergies and have developed a serious chronic allergic disease over the years that has been disabling. AAFA has been so meaningful for me. I have been able to connect with others who suffer from allergic and asthmatic diseases and have responded to my posts with compassion and understanding, and shared the ups and downs of their experiences with me. It has given me strength, education, validation, and helped me to feel heard. Advocates and organizers of the group have helped advocate for myself and others to large organizations that never responded to me alone. For instance, they recently spoke to the airlines regarding those with animal dander allergies. I feel blessed to have a strong group like AAFA help with these issues when I have felt weak and small. It really helps. I have also found certified products, education, checklists, studies, news, blogs, etc. I personally was able to review a nebulizer from a company through AAFAs website and got a free travel nebulizer as a result. I have made friends in the internet community there. This is a non-profit group that works and has truly made a difference in my and others lives and connected me to the community when I felt very isolated and alone.
AAFA has been such a HUGE help with its resources for asthma patients. The support forum has been amazing and the opportunities that I have had through AAFA to speak or present at conferences or do interviews to help raise awareness has been phenomenal. I would not be where I am in my disease knowledge without them.
A nice source of reliable asthma education. Their free online program for adults is especially helpful if you live someplace where it is harder to get asthma education or need a refresher.
I found AAFA searching for support and people that truly understood what it is like to live like we have to. What I found was much much more. AAFA does an AMAZING job of providing education and resources to help us manage this disease. I've been very fortunate to have done several interviews for publication as well as speaking engagements on my life with asthma because AAFA reached out to me. The forums gave me the courage to step out and be an advocate for not only myself but others with asthma. Without the support and friendship that I've gained on the forum, I would never have done any of that. I can't say enough good about what AAFA is and what they do.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America is a great resource and has a great supportive forum. You are able to talk about anything and everything that affects your asthma and allergies!!!
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and it's forums has helped me through some very challenging times with my severe asthma.
The other members on the forums are, to a person, supportive and generous with their asthma experiences and how they "live with asthma". It helps so very much to hear from others who have been down the same path and are willing to share how they cope.
The moderators are always supportive and point the way to good, solid, research-based information to answer many of our questions.
So grateful that I found the AAFA and it's forums!
I was recently diagnosed with severe uncontrolled asthma and AAFA has been a life saver. I came across this group by chance after a google search while trying to learn more about my disease. Not only does AAFA offer a wealth of information about asthma and allergy, such as free online courses about asthma and severe asthma, but they are also active in advocacy to promote inclusion and equality at the national level. Additionally AAFA sponsors an online community on its website where patients can connect to learn from and support others with this disease. This community has been instrumental in my recovery after a hospitalization this winter. Overall, the AAFA is an incredible organization that helps so many people live active, productive and happy lives despite being diagnosed with a terrible life altering disease.
Kids with Food Allergies helped me so much when my children were first diagnosed with life threatening food allergies. Our allergist simply gave us paperwork and sent us on our way, but KFA, they saved us. They helped me find foods that were safe (when we were avoiding upto 9 food allergens) and they helped me through our first scare. The community of volunteers is completely amazing, helping with recipes and food substitutes and phone contacts for companies. They help remind us that we are not alone when we are fighting the schools to meet minimum needs for our children. And their gatherings are the greatest, for once, my son didn't have to worry about what would be safe to eat, it all was safe. He had the opportunity to meet others like himself and to not be singled out for the trip, it was the most amazing life experience that he still talks about today (two years later). Without them, I'm not sure that we would have made it.
I ran across AAFA a while back when my son was diagnosed with Asthma - this has been such an asset to our family! Such a wealth of information! I'm so thrilled to know that organizations like this exist to advocate for the thousands of us! And, EDUCATION! - THANK YOU!!! Such a great resource for us!
AAFA is a wonderful foundation that provides a plethora of information and resources to those suffering with allergies and asthma. It is our family's "go to" website when we have questions or concerns
As an individual with severe peanut and treenut allergies as well as asthma, it is very important to me to make sure awareness for such conditions is recognized and improved, and that research for cures is advanced. The AAFA has goals that align exactly with these ideals of mine, aiming for education on the conditions, advocacy to ensure those that suffer from allergies or asthma are not disadvantaged (as I and many others have often experienced), and research to some day find a cure for the chronic conditions. I felt so happy that these goals for individuals with food allergies are being worked towards by this organization that I supported the AAFA through a benefit concert. When I donated the money raised to this non-profit, I felt incredibly happy to be supporting such a wonderful cause. The AAFA is an organization that helps a growing number of people across the nation whose conditions need a voice and I thank them for their efforts.
AAFA provides much-needed resources for those of us dealing with asthma and environmental allergies. Asthma is a complex condition, and AAFA's educational materials help the newly-diagnosed climb the steep learning curve.
I am a life-long severe asthma sufferer; nearly 48 years. Though I have learned and educated myself over the years, AAFA is by far the best resource I have found. I only wish they had been around when I was a kid. Their educational resources, events, health campaigns and many resources on how to live a full life as an asthma sufferer are far reaching. I absolutely support this organization and continue to use them as my own resource.
AAFA was a forerunner in advocating for people with allergies and asthma. I have relied on their authoritative voice to represent our concerns for years. AAFA is a great organization – expert, hardworking, and compassionate.
As a mom of a son with multiple food allergies, AAFA provides a wealth of support, resources, news and information that's relevant to our family and the realities of living with food allergies.
AAFA is a great organization. They provide my family with tips, resources, and other information on how to help manage our son's asthma. Everyone is friendly and personable.
I have been suffering from allergies and asthma related to Churg-strauss Syndrome for five years now, and about 2 months ago, while looking up information, I came across this forum, and began reading some posts related to asthma and allergy. I have had difficulty finding the type of support this group has been able to provide. What started off as just a brief sharing of experience quickly turned to a place I could go regularly with a steady group of people and some occasional drop-ins as well, always providing a variety of information. The people in this forum are respectful, empathetic, full of great information, and personable, and the level of support I have from something online--which I never thought I would be able to connect with people online-- it has been great. The forum topics are easy to start, the managers are very active and great at welcoming new members, asking questions, keeping up with long-time members, and posting new interesting information, so that the support page is always fresh and informative, while at the same time comforting and supportive. It has really been an amazing resource for me.
AAFA is a fabulous foundation that provides tremendous support and encouragement for those dealing with Asthma and Allergies. I am grateful for their continuous support to those suffering and those who are looking for information that is research based.
Hi,
Back in March I was hit by pollen that no one else knew existed and my allergies which I have always had took a new turn and went beyond my eyes and nose and affected my breathing. I was given an inhaler and sent for allergy testing. After many positive results and an asthma diagnosis I was sent home reeling, me, asthma? But I am healthy, I just have allergies. Little did I know the night time coughing I was dealing with the last year + was also a form of asthma. A bit more reading led me to realize those "tough" work outs I had were exercise induced asthma. Wow.
Part two, June I had my first "oh my, I am drowning, dying, suffocating" asthma attack experience. It was terrifying. I searched for answers and help. I can't tell you how much of a relief it was to find this community and it's members. NO WHERE else did I find people who were new and old to the dx but all unusual, refractory or complex in some way. My asthma is not typical and my response to medication has not been great. What has seen me through this journey of doctors, med changes and attack after attack is the people on here who coach me, encourage me and share experience. Down to what questions to ask my doctor, they care and share. Over the next few weeks and into July I became labeled as " difficult to manage" and then " moderate, persistent". Come September I had different, worse, terrifying attacks that ended up in calling 911 and ED visits. I am a veteran nurse and I met challenges that put me down in the bed wondering what to do and where to go for help. This illness has brought me down to what is really important, to just wanting to live, to work and to have more meaning to each day. The support I have had from AAFA has made me want to help others. I can't help but appreciate the people who dedicate themselves to this organization. The members have pulled me through some rough times. It helps to focus on others and when I am down I feel them focus on me, it helps. The AAFA online community is a part of my DAILY life. I don't know how I would cope without them. All I found online outside of the people in the AAFA Support Group is basic asthma information. We, my friends online here at AAFA don't fit into the mold of basic asthma 123. We are the hairy, scary asthmatics who may or may not wheeze, are allergic to nothing or EVERYTHING, we take meds almost hourly or get the latest shots or have Churg Strauss, we are the outliers, the hard cases and exceptions. Somehow we found each other and it is a glorious gathering of misdiagnosed, misunderstood and challenging patients who help each other navigate this illness and conquer what we can while never giving up hope or searching for answers. We appreciate every good day and lift each other up. I give it all the stars.......
Gigi
AAFA has been a great help to me and to my family since my DD was first diagnosed with food allergies several years ago. We both have asthma as well, and the resources and information on the AAFA website and their sister site Kids With Food Allergies are terrific.
I applied and was hired for a staff position a few months ago, and the reason I applied to begin with was that I was incredibly impressed with the organization as a whole. I've not been disappointed -- these folks really care about their main mission and want to help people of all ages manage asthma and allergies.
