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Health.
Functional Neurological Disorder.
Just what is FND, and how does it affect you…
‘When you hear the word ‘disabled,’ people immediately think about people who can’t walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can’t find joy in life and are bitter.’
And Teri just about says it all don’t you think💭?
Able-bodied people within society today seem ‘all too easy,’ to take everything in their lives for granted. From being able to care for themselves, care for their family, go to work and perform well (enjoying their monetary remuneration at the end of each month), and simply:
Live life to the fullest…
But the harsh reality of the matter is that life really is not like what I stated above is it? According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS,), disabled people aged 16 to 64 years had poorer ratings than non-disabled people on all four personal well-being measures; average anxiety levels were higher for disabled people at 4.6 out of 10, compared with 3.0 out of 10 for non-disabled people (year ending June 2021). With the proportion of disabled people (15.1%) aged 16 years and…
