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Name: | Claire Anscomb |
Age: | 23 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Crawley, West Sussex |
Campaign: | To make people more aware of invisible illnesses |
I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a condition that affects my connective tissues, muscles and joints.
For a long time I was in awful pain and felt exhausted. I had to miss a year of school, but no one knew what was wrong with me.
Because I look healthy on the outside, some people have accused me of faking my symptoms and doing it for attention, while others think I am lazy.
I have learned to manage my symptoms now and I am a keen artist.
I have created a series of portraits of people with invisible illnesses for an exhibition for my Fixers project.
I hope it will encourage others realise that lots of people are living with challenging conditions that no-one can see.
The following Fixers helped me with this Fix:
Hannah Todd
Karina Maisuradze
Lucy Spencer
Chloe Louise Sayer
I would like to thank the following for supporting me with this Fix:
Fixers
Ethan Mcinally
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Macauley Collinson
'Ben'
Timothy Cranfield
Ben Simms
Tilly and Bella
Mason Latey
Shano
Jade Kingdom
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Jo Quinn
Becky Thorn
Chelsie Brown
Fern Lulham
Kiki
Meghann
Sam Womack
Olivia G
Alexandra Garrick
Becky
Jack H
Shak & Natasha