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We Are Visible is a documentary film about people all around the world living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Furthermore, it also involves a filmmaker that has EDS herself and therefore knows exactly what living with this invisible condition feels like. My journey with chronic illness started in 2010 when I was 24 years old. I […]
We Are Visible is a feature-length documentary film about people all around the world living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Today, I invite you to get a look at one of the incredible humans in this film: Jojo. Jojo is a mom of five children. She and four of her children have EDS. When she shared a […]
The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are a group of rare connective tissue disorders that can affect every part of the body. We Are Visible wants to show the full picture of the condition including the complex presentation of symptoms, to the complications while searching for a diagnosis, over misdiagnoses and their harmful consequences, but also the daily […]
Have you ever wondered if you are the only one who has been misdiagnosed by a medical professional in the past? In fact, you are in good company. Diagnostic errors are a global threat, but rarely do we hear about them. For this article, I interviewed several people who were affected by misdiagnoses and tried […]
Firsts is a mini documentary series about several authors contributing to the book “Firsts – Coming of Age Stories by People with Disabilities” by Belo Cipriani. Please enjoy Episode 3: Sam E. Rubin Version with closed captions: Firsts – Episode 3: Sam Rubin Watch this video on YouTube.Datenschutz | Privacy Version with closed captions & […]
Firsts is a mini documentary series about several authors contributing to the book “Firsts – Coming of Age Stories by People with Disabilities” by Belo Cipriani. Please enjoy Episode 2: Caitlin Hernandez Version with closed captions: Firsts – Episode 2: Caitlin Hernandez Watch this video on YouTube.Datenschutz | Privacy Version with closed captions & descriptive […]
Firsts is a mini documentary series about several authors contributing to the book “Firsts – Coming of Age Stories by People with Disabilities” by Belo Cipriani. Please enjoy Episode One: David-Elijah Nahmod Version with closed captions: Firsts – Episode 1: David-Elijah Nahmod Watch this video on YouTube.Datenschutz | Privacy Version with closed captions & descriptive […]
I had the honor to work with Belo Cipriani, a blind journalist, and advocate for people living with disabilities. Belo recently established a publishing house called Oleb Books whose mission is to represent disability in a respectful and honest way; to show life how it really is for people with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. His […]
Positive Care is a short documentary about the lives of previous and current residents at Laguna Honda’s Positive Care Unit in San Francisco. Positive Care Watch this video on YouTube.Datenschutz | Privacy
Aches, Pains & Smiles is journalist Karina Sturm’s German podcast where she speaks with people with varying chronic illnesses and disabilities to raise awareness for our differences but also similarities and to eradicate stereotypes around chronic illness and disability. Listen to all Episodes here:
Denise lived with excruciating pain. Her skin was covered in hematomas and no doctor could help her. It was twelve years later, when the surprising diagnosis was revealed, and it came close to salvation. Early in Denise’s life doctors noticed that something was wrong with her. As a baby, she had to be fed through […]
While working in research, I published these two scientific articles: STURM, Karina U., et al. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of an Ig-domain-encompassing fragment of the giant adhesion protein SiiE from Salmonella enterica. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2011, 67. Jg., Nr. 11, S. 1371-1374. GRIESSL, Martin H., et al. Structural […]
