We are starting the week with smiles from these amazing JIA warriors... Tobyn, Bonnie and Lyla are raising awareness that they are #NotTooYoungForArthritis
#JuvenileArthritisMonth #JIA #ThinkJIA #JAMJAR #ChildrenGetArthritisToo
Good luck to Mathew who will be running in the Battersea Park Half Marathon this weekend.
We wish you the very best and thank you for all your support Mathew!
www.justgiving.com/page/mathew-...
#JAMJAR #JuvenileArthritisMonth #CharityRunner #ThinkJIA #JIA #Autoimmunity #NotTooYoungForArthritis
"Because JIA is an invisible illness, it can be an isolating disease. Not many people have it and not very many understand. That’s why the awareness raised by Juvenile Arthritis Research is so important."
Read Maisie's full story at www.jarproject.org/stories
#NotTooYoungForArthritis #ThinkJIA
A huge thanks to Polly, Oli and Sophia and Henry for sharing their posters and raising awareness of #JIA.
Our #NotTooYoungForArthritis poster can be downloaded at www.jarproject.org/jamjar
and siblings' posters can be found at www.jarproject.org/word so that siblings can get involved too.
#ThinkJIA
Bonnie was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at 1 year old, after five months of hospital visits, scans, blood tests and uncertainty. What started as a swollen ankle, led to a long search for answers.
Read Bonnie’s full story at www.jarproject.org/stories
#NotTooYoungForArthritis #JIA
It's here! Today is WORD day (World yOung Rheumatic Diseases day). It is the biggest single day in the global calendar to raise awareness that children and young people get rheumatic conditions too. #NotTooYoungForArthritis #WORDday #JAMJAR #ChildrenGetArthritisToo #ThinkJIA #JIA
We are starting the week with some awesome smiles and super awareness raising from Elsie, Laura and Dolcie! Dolcie is in her gown ready for an MRI so she decided to snap an awareness picture to raise awareness that children are #NotTooYoungForArthritis
www.jarproject.org/jamjar
#JIA #ThinkJIA
Thank you to everyone who has been raising awareness this month for Juvenile Arthritis Month with their #NotTooYoungForArthritis posters.
Raising awareness is vital for helping to achieve earlier diagnosis and reducing the stigma of being a young person with #arthritis.
www.jarproject.org/jamjar
Our #JAMJAR Toolkit will be landing on doorsteps any day now!
March is Juvenile Arthritis Month in the UK to raise awareness of #JIA.
Additional copies can be downloaded from our website at www.jarproject.org/jamjar
Together, let's get jammy for JAR! #NotTooYoungForArthritis #ThinkJIA #arthritis
"It kind of turns your life upside down." 12 year-old Ethan and mum Jade, who are incredibly valued members of our #JIA community were interviewed by BBC Radio Devon's John Acres about life with JIA.
You can listen to the interview now at bbc.in/3ZIa4SM
#ThinkJIA #NotTooYoungForArthritis #arthritis