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Get the UK informed about Children and Teenager's spinal illnesses

Get the UK informed about Children and Teenager's spinal illnesses

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 6 months ago
Please sign this petition if you are personaly or know somebody who is affected by a ''young person's'' spinal condition. The UK media do not report these issues and this makes it harder for young people and their families to know what is wrong with them. People are being interviewed for causes such as cancer, alzeimer and other "more common" illnesses but they are forgeting about us! It is important to keep raising awarnesses for all illnesses, including the youth's spinal conditions. This petition will be submitted to all major UK television channels and news papers in the hope that the coverage of our cases will increase. I have scoliosis myself and had never heard of it until I saw it on the report after my x-ray. If it had been in the news we would have found it sooner, the worst thing is, that I know I am not alone.

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January 26, 2011

I never thought we would actually see this much traction when I first typed this out on my laptop during a flare up. Seeing so many people show up for this cause makes me feel way less invisible than I have for years. It is actually wild that we are finally talking about this stuff now.

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Sarah Palmer
15 years ago Featured

My daughter had to wait way too long for a diagnosis because nobody talks about this stuff. it needs to be on tv so kids know they arent crazy for being in pain.

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Chloe Abbott
15 years ago Featured

scoliosis is so painful and scary when you dont know what it is. wish i knew about it way before my surgery!!

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mark Vega
15 years ago Featured

Too right. Sick of hearing about the same few things on the news every night while thousands of us are struggling in silence. spread the word!

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