The Scleroderma Education Project is a 501c3 non-profit organization focused on education and research about a rare autoimmune disease called systemic sclerosis (commonly known as scleroderma). Our mission is twofold: - provide comprehensive, up-to-date, research-based information on systemic scleroderma diagnosis and treatments written in a manner that patients can readily understand. We believe that patients who are thoroughly educated about their disease can work more effectively with their team of physicians to make the best possible individual care decisions. - advance new research that focuses on an early stage of the disease process. We believe that this may be the key to developing more effective and safer treatments for this disease.