I’m a young 23 year old woman suffering from Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). I learned that I had this illness when I was nine, but I learned to live with it without feeling too sorry for myself and continuing to live like most teenagers. At first I didn’t really understand what...

Let me introduce myself, I am 46 years old, the mother of two youths, I work part-time in a library, I do a lot of stretching exercises, yoga, aqua gym. I do volunteer work in a reception centre, I devour books through being so conditioned to my job, and with...