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Name: | Amy Hepburn |
Age: | 18 |
Year of the Fix: | 2017 |
Location: | Glasgow |
Campaign: | To show young people get arthritis too |
When I was 17 I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. There have been times when I’ve told people I have arthritis, and they’ve said ‘you’re too young to have that’.
We made a light-hearted film with Fixers because arthritis can be scary but we all try to look at it in a positive way.
We wanted to reach out to other young people who have been diagnosed with it, and help them to feel less frightened and show that you can find a funny side to things too.
We want to show the film in hospitals, so that teenagers who have just been diagnosed can see it and know they’re not on their own.
We also want to show it in schools.
The following Fixers helped me with this Fix:
Keiran McAuley
Michael Ward
Hayley McLagan
Alexandra Collins
David Sim
Erin Candlish
Jennifer Fleming
Raven Lane
Maria Spicer
Sam Matson
Katherine Batters
Paul McAlpine
Klaire Connor, Charlotte Bamford and Gillian Meens from Arthritis Care Scotland supported me with this Fix.
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Shannon Rawlings
Shak & Natasha
Olivia G
Chelsie Brown
Becky Thorn
Tilly and Bella
Jo Quinn
Liam Thomas
Macauley Collinson
Jack H
Lauren Taylor
Ethan Mcinally
Fixers
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Hannah Baker
Timothy Cranfield
Shano
'Kate'
Ben Simms
Sam Barakat
Fern Lulham
Sam Womack