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Ryann, a person with short brown hair and a black nursing outfit is sitting in a red wheelchair proudly holding her arm up high with her mouth open. She wears a stethoscope around her neck and several tattoos are visible on her arms.

The Road to Recovery Was Paved By Me and My Wheelchair: Q&A With Ryann Mason

Many people with chronic illnesses, like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) or other disabling or deteriorating conditions, are often afraid of the possibility of “ending up in a wheelchair.” It is a real fear. But what if we changed our thinking? Wheelchairs provide freedom; they aren’t the end, but empowering and enabling for the user. And sometimes, […]

Jules Machias about their EDS journey and new middle-grade book “Fight + Flight”

For our July newsletter, the Chronic Pain Partner media team is excited to introduce the EDS community to the new middle-grade* fiction book “Fight + Flight,” which features a character with EDS! Journalist Karina Sturm had the pleasure to talk to author Jules Machias about their life with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, their career as a writer, […]