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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:
Timothy Cranfield
'Kate'
Jack H
'Ben'
Meghann
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Hannah Carter
Kiki
Ben Simms
Jo Quinn
Becky Thorn
Ethan Mcinally
Mason Latey
Lauren Taylor
Sam Womack
Macauley Collinson
Liam Thomas
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Olivia G
Shak & Natasha
Shannon Rawlings
Fixers
Shano