Awareness Tools and Tips

Download Official Myositis Awareness Month Toolkits

Will you join us in raising awareness by informing the public about myositis? TMA’s comprehensive toolkits makes it easier than ever to raise awareness this May—and all year round.

Awareness tools are refreshed and expanded each year. In 2026, four detailed guides are available to assist your efforts.

• Proclamations Guide and Proclamation 50
• Media Pitch Guide
• Community Outreach Guide
• Social Media Guide

Start by joining TMA (at no cost) to stay up-to-date on myositis news and clinical trials, and to access TMA Support and Affinity Groups.

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Spread the Word on Social Media

Through your social network, you can show your support and spread the word by building your community on social media. Follow and share TMA content on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

Like, comment, follow, and share other patients’ content to reinforce our compassionate and supportive community. During Myositis Awareness Month, TMA recommends these hash tags: #MyositisAwarenessMonth #MyositisAwareness #TheMyositisAssociation #MyTMA.

Use TMA’s social media graphics to feature Myositis Awareness Month on your own social media! You can upload these PNG images on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn as posts, covers, banners, or stories.

Download Your Social Media Graphics

Are you a Canva user? Check out our Myositis Awareness Month templates, and create your own social media assets!

• TMA’s fully customizable social media profile frames: Add a head shot or selfie, and use on your social channels. Ask Me about Myositis, I Love Someone with Myositis, I Support Myositis Research, and more options available!
  
• TMA’s fully customizable “What I wish people knew about myositis…” diagnosis cards: Static diagnosis cards sharing your form of myositis are accompanied by fully customizable quote cards. Share your authentic comments with your social media audience!

Animate your story with all-new myositis GIFs! Download fun, moving versions of empowering myositis mantras and awareness illustrations on Giphy, or search in Instagram Stories.

Download Myositis Awareness Month GIFs

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Spread the Word in Your Community

Use these practical resources to tell your story. Take every opportunity to talk about myositis to your friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. Share the impact of myositis: your struggles and your victories.

Download TMA’s new Myositis Awareness Month phone lockscreens, and take myositis awareness on-the-go!

If you’re connecting to a Diagnosis Day Cafe’ Chat or other virtual networking event, download TMA’s Myositis Awareness Month Zoom background.

TMA has downloadable “Ask Me about Myositis” and “I Love Someone with Myositis” signs in two sizes for you, your care partner, friends, family, or neighbors to display.

One size can be printed at your local print shop at 18×24 inches for a lawn sign. The smaller size is 8.5×11 inches, so it’s easily printed at home or work. Tape one in your window or pin to the bulletin board at your neighborhood coffee shop. PDF and PNG file types are available.

Download Your Signs

View the Top Five Tips to Navigate Myositis Awareness Month, from TMA Board member and Women of Color Affinity Group leader Holly Jones.

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Myositis Awareness Month is for Medical Professionals, Too

Thank your care team with a short note, and consider what else you can do. Many myositis patients are first diagnosed and referred to a specialist by dermatologists, internists, family doctors, and nurse practitioners. Reach out to healthcare providers in your community with these tips, and share the following TMA resources.

• Physician’s Guide to Myositis, to help with diagnosis and treatment
• Myositis Tracker, a way for patients to keep daily records of their progress and symptoms
• Pantone project, a guide for dermatologists to identify some rashes on people of color.