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Katie Michaels
Jan 14, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 12: Tourette's syndrome 🍃
Tourette's syndrome is a condition where a person makes involuntary sounds or movements. The sounds or movements are often referred to as...
Katie Michaels
Jan 13, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 11: Sickle cell disease 🌌
Sickle cell disease is a condition that affects red blood cells; there are multiple types with the most serious type being anaemia....
Katie Michaels
Jan 12, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 10: Cystic fibrosis ☃️
Cystic fibrosis or CF is an inherited condition that causes the build-up of sticky music in the lungs and digestive system. The build-up...
Katie Michaels
Jan 11, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 9: Visual impairments 🎨
There are around 2 million people in the UK living with sight loss. From these, around 360,000 are registered as blind of partially...
Katie Michaels
Jan 10, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 8: Spina bifida 🏔️
Spina bifida occurs when a baby is spine and spinal cord does not fully develop in the womb, causing a gap to form within the spine. This...
Katie Michaels
Jan 9, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 7: Down's Syndrome ⚜️
Down's syndrome occurs when you are born with an extra chromosome (which happens by chance) before you are born. This is not something...
Katie Michaels
Jan 8, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 6: Dyspraxia ✨
Dyspraxia is also known as 'developmental co-ordination disorder' and it is a condition that affects physical coordination. It can make...
Katie Michaels
Jan 7, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 5: Dyslexia 🌺
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can make reading, writing and spelling quite challenging. Intelligence is not affected. The...
Katie Michaels
Jan 5, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 4: Muscular Dystrophy 🌟
Muscular dystrophy (also known as MD) is a group of inherited genetic conditions where the muscles gradually weaken, leading to an...
Katie Michaels
Jan 4, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 3: Cerebral Palsy ❄️
Cerebral palsy has been the biggest inspiration for the work we do at Moti Me. Our first product that we are developing was originally...
Katie Michaels
Jan 3, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 2: Autism 🌿
Autism is different for everyone. Some people may need little or no support, whereas some people might need a full time carer. It is not...
Katie Michaels
Jan 2, 2022
12 Days of Disability Awareness Day 1: ADHD 🎄
ADHD - also known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - is a condition with behavioural symptoms. Those with ADHD can often seem...
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