Hi everyone!

Happy New Year!! I hope you all have had a lovely Christmas and excited for the new year.

As it's now the 8th of January 2022, it has been just over a month since I featured on the website and social media of my local football club' Barrow AFC. I still can't believe that they gave me the opportunity and the platform to share my story, especially as it was for The International Day of Disabled Persons' Day. So much gratitude goes towards the club! So far the article has had 451 views! Check out barrowafc.com to see the full article. I feel proud of myself for writing it.
I hope to get more wonderful opportunities thrown my way this year as it helps raises awareness about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome out there in the wide world and not just online. Obviously, the individual opportunities will depend on how circumstances are with Covid and the locations. I would be just as happy if somewhere wanted to sell my merchandise and are happy in working with me in sharing my story, in my own words.
When I was a student at my local sixth form college, I was invited into various different classes to talk to the students and even though I remember feeling nervous before each time, I always enjoyed it and felt confident in myself. The staff found me to be easy to engage with the students which helped a lot.
So if you are interested in working with me in raising awareness about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and disability related issues, then please do contact me via email. Hopefully my Barrow AFC article can be the start of something new and exciting, doing something really important which can help others who are in/have been/or will be where I am with my health journey!!

Thank you for reading this, thank you again to the club and to everyone who has helped get me to where I am today with this awareness campaign.

Love Katie