Join our wonderful Society team for our one hour Let’s Chat: Teens virtual support group for those aged 13-17. This group takes place once per month and is a wonderful place for junior zebras to meet one another and to make friends with others who truly understand. Notes: attendees who wish to participate in
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Join our wonderful Society team for our one hour Let’s Chat: Teens virtual support group for those aged 13-17. This group takes place once per month and is a wonderful place for junior zebras to meet one another and to make friends with others who truly understand. Notes: attendees who wish to participate in
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Hello, my lovelies! My name is Lori, I’m 19, and I’m the founder of and writer at the blog ‘From Bud to Bloom’. It is all about my journey towards self-love and self-fulfillment as someone with chronic illness and mental health problems – I also happen to battle with hEDS, PoTS, ME, scoliosis and hip
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My story is truly one of heartbreak and pain. I recently lost my 14 year old son to aortic rupture caused by vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and that’s how I received my diagnosis. By this time I did already have two siblings diagnosed with vEDS, so we already knew there was a possibility of having it.
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I’m Spencer, I’m 16 years old, and I have hEDS. I wanted to share my story, because I know that there isn’t a lot of visibility for the men out there with EDS. My symptoms started when I was 6 years old. It started out as pain and instability in my ankles and knees, which was
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By Liz H. My daughter, Frances, was diagnosed with cEDS when she was almost 2 years old. We feel lucky that we were able to obtain a diagnosis so young, knowing that many EDS patients spend much of their lives trying to figure it out. It’s possible that we also would have been in the
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By Zoey B. I’m the girl who’s always broken. For real. Some kids actually don’t know my name. I’m just referred to as the girl who’s always broken. I mean, for them it probably seems like it. My whole life I was always very flexible, doing weird things with my body other kids couldn’t do.
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By Hallie W. Hi everyone, I’m Hallie. I am 18 years old, and received my hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis last year, at 17. As I’m sure most of you know, the feelings regarding an Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis come in phases. I felt the extreme relief at having an answer, and verifying my sanity. I felt the “I
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Over the past five months, I have powered through the pain. I have continued to make the most out of my abilities. Just three weeks ago I had the surgery to remove my broken hardware. I am excited to no longer be known in my school as “the girl with the broken back.” I know that I am resilient, that I am capable of anything I imagine myself to be.
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