10. Acknowledgments
The authors thank Mrs. Karen Kirchoff for her invaluable assistance in assembling the section on Aids, Assistive Devices & Adaptations, and Mrs. Kamlesh Rai for her diligent help and extensive support in the preparation and revision of this document.
This work was supported in part by The Ian Cali Endowment, The Whitney Weldon Endowment, The International FOP Association, The Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders, The Isaac & Rose Nassau Professorship of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine, The Cali-Weldon Professorship of FOP Research, The Robert & Arlene Kogod Professorship, and the Friends and Families of FOP patients worldwide.
The authors thank The Radiant Hope Foundation and the Center for Research in FOP & Related Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania for supporting the International Clinical Council for FOP (ICC).