EditorialLachlan Rutledge, 6, who has a connective tissue disorder, severe allergies and asthma, which have landed him repeatedly in pediatric intensive care, at his home in Broken Arrow, Okla. on Oct. 3, 2022. (Melissa Lukenbaugh/The New York Times)
EditorialTyquana Henderson-Rivers, a political consultant and founder of Connective Strategies, at a meeting of staff and volunteers in Queens, June 10, 2019. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)
EditorialTracy Semrow, whose savings have been drained by the medical costs of her degenerative connective tissue disorder, and now stays at the Alpha Project's shelter, with her dogs Yoda and Maximus, in San Diego, Calif., March 4, 2020. (Eros Hoagland/The New York Times)