The CFIDS Association of America's name change statement

The CFIDS Association of America strongly supports the process being used to search for a term that can be used in place of "chronic fatigue syndrome" (CFS). The Name Change Working Group of the Department of Health and Human Services CFS Coordinating Committee (CFSCC) has actively sought to obtain input from all stakeholders on the issue of renaming the illness, and has developed a proposal that is responsive to many of their concerns.

As noted in a statement issued March 25, 1998, "The CFIDS Association of America's Board of Directors is solidly committed to facilitating a change from the name ‘chronic fatigue syndrome' to a name that more accurately describes the illness and leads to greater acceptance of the illness."