The American Celiac Disease Alliance (ACDA) represents and advocates on behalf of the entire celiac community — patients, physicians, researchers, and food manufacturers, and other service providers.  These stakeholders are unified behind a goal of ensuring that the voice of our small, but ever growing community, is heard on issues affecting their lives.  It is vitally important for individuals with celiac disease to be active in advocating for change.  That change may take the form of urging restaurants to expand their menus to include more gluten-free items, or working with a school to provide medically appropriate meals for students.  Our role is to provide leadership to the community to facilitate such changes which will improve the lives of those with the celiac disease.