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Interview with EDS advocate Donna Sullivan, TCAPP, about wrongful child abuse allegations and medically complex children
For our Chronic Pain Partners Post newsletter, I spoke with Donna Sullivan, board member of The Coalition Against Pediatric Pain (TCAPP). Sullivan lives with EDS and has several affected children as well. In this interview, she shares…

#AbleismusTötet: Violence against people with disabilities
What is #AbleismusTötet?
#AbleismusTötet is a project initiated by the German disability rights organization AbilityWatch e. V. to uncover all cases of violence against people with disabilities in German care homes. In April 2021, four…

EDS & Aging
The EDS & Aging Project
Funny Bone Newsletter - March 2022
presented by EDS Awareness
This is a community-centered project with people older than 45 who want to share their experiences about aging as a person with EDS.…

Jeannie Di Bon’s Zebra Club App – A Review
“Wow,” was the first word that came to my mind when I started to exercise with Jeannie Di Bon’s new program: The Zebra Club. My feelings regarding Jeannie’s new app were very similar to when I read Diana Jovin’s book Disjointed, which…

Speeches & Interviews
Speech at my film screening @ Chapman University
https://vimeo.com/385576868
Interviews
Podcast with Linda Bluestein and EDS Awareness
https://www.chronicpainpartners.com/webinar/we-are-visible-podcast/
Volunteer…

Gift ideas for chronically ill people
The holidays are around the corner, and soon, we all will be ordering presents for our healthy or chronically ill friends and family. I don’t know how you feel about this, but I always have a hard time finding the right gift. Luckily, there…

Cheers, to a new New Year’s Eve tradition: Gratitude
Can you believe that the year is almost over? Again? I feel like since the pandemic started, time has flown but also stood still at the same time. Unlike 2020 - we can all agree that 2020 should just be canceled entirely, right? - I have mixed…

Not losing yourself as a chronically ill person
My back hurts, sitting in an uncomfortable grey metal chair with red and white tape next to me, so nobody can sit down right beside me. I stare at the white wall that features a giraffe and a leopard - at least I think it’s a leopard, but…

Chronic Illness, the bad days & coping
“Wow, I feel like my condition has stabilized a bit. Finally, I can take part in regular life again!” I thought a few weeks ago. Life has been challenging throughout 2020. Actually, challenging isn’t even the right word. It has been a…

Learning to accept life with a chronic illness
It is not easy to live with a chronic condition. All of a sudden, your whole life changes, and nothing is like it used to be. You fall into a big hole that does not seem to have a bottom, and it is challenging to get out of it again. However,…

Why I have changed my opinion about therapy as a chronically ill person
Only two years ago, I would have never considered therapy. Well, I guess life changes, and even my stubborn self can change her mind. Up until today, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with therapy, but I feel it changed my life for the…

A letter to myself after getting diagnosed with EDS in 2014
This is a letter I wrote to myself right after getting diagnosed with EDS in 2014. It’s all the things I would have needed to hear from doctors, friends and family. And it’s also advice I gave myself. It was published by The Mighty in…