Annika Victoria | Living with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome + Our Mobility Aids ft. Martina @AnnikaVictoria24 | Uploaded March 2020 | Updated October 2024, 24 seconds ago.
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Being chronically ill/disabled can be an extremely isolating experience, especially when you're young and it seems like everyone around you is able to work 9-5 jobs, go to the gym, go out partying and STILL never feel as tired as you do, even when all you've done is lay in bed all day! Something that can be REALLY helpful in alleviating symptoms/keeping you safe/lett you get outside your home are ~Mobility Aids~! They're wonderful inventions that help us live our best lives! But it can also be tough getting past the stigma of being a young person who needs to use them. Because from the very first moment - looking through different mobility aid companies, trying to find the best one for yourself - who are the advertisements aimed at? Usually the people in the product advertisements are at least 70 years old 👵🏼 This only makes you feel even more isolated when you're a young person who needs a mobility aid!

So myself and Martina, as we are both chronically (ch)ill mobility aid users, wanted to sit down and chat about our experiences, our different mobility aids and how we incorporate them into our everyday lives, and to help anyone else out there who is also young and needs to use a mobility aid, but maybe feels a bit scared about doing so. Or maybe you're chronically ill and haven't even thought you'd be "allowed" to use one, because you've never seen a younger person do so! Let's break down some stigmas, okay?

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The hashtags mentioned in the video are:
#BabeWithAMobilityAid
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#BuildALadder
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Annika posts a lot about chronic illness, mobility aids and disability on her Instagram page:
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