Autoimmune Registry Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity, is a hub for research, statistics & patient data for all autoimmune diseases. Our goals are: 1. Provide consistent, scientifically supported, and generally accepted data on autoimmune diseases individually and as a whole 2. Increase awareness of the prevalence of these diseases and thereby reduce the time to diagnosis 3. Increase funding for basic research on the underlying causes of these diseases 4. Support research by recruiting patients for investigator-led and sponsored clinical research 5. Eventually provide data sets and bio-specimens for research to researchers