Lockdown Conversations: Ableism, Eating Disorders, and Crohn’s

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An interview with Emma Illingworth (she/her), written up by Ross Tanner (he/they) There is no question of why lockdown is difficult. It’s tough being isolated from friends, families and the outside world. Events, celebrations and other markers in our lives that give us structure and purpose have been disturbed or cancelled. Often the isolation, the …

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Living with Crohn’s Disease

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By Emma Illingworth (she/her) Since being a young girl, I never felt quite right; I could never put my finger on what was making me feel so poorly. At the age of 12/13 I started going to the doctors more and more frequently: puberty, period pain, IBS, possible appendicitis, haemorrhoids and indigestion are a few …

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