I have had RSDS, affecting both arms and both legs, for 19 years as of this past week. In the beginning I found much resistance; doctors suggesting it was all in my head. After 10 years my condition started to slowly improve on its own, until a car accident inflamed it beyond anything it had ever been before. Funny enough, I have found much help through a small people's clinic! Never have any emergency personnel questioned my condition, but rather offered sympathy. Nobody has ever suggested to me that there are special Colorado laws regarding RSDS... if anyone has any education or insight on this I would be grateful! I would suggest, that if you're running into prejudices concerning your condition, carry an audio recorder or use your smartphone, etc. to record such conversations. I'm sure the hospital's lawyers would be keenly interested in hearing it :-)