CNN: She couldn't march, so she made a 15-piece sign... (mentions a patient with ME/CFS)

[ahimsa]

This CNN article profiles several people who were unable to march (for many different reasons) in Saturday's "March for Our Lives" protest but who supported the movement in other ways.

The second profile in the article is about someone with ME/CFS.

Not everyone could join the March for Our Lives, but that didn't mean they weren't rallying behind the movement.

As protesters around the world poured into the streets Saturday, those who couldn't march -- for health reasons or otherwise -- found alternative ways to call for an end to gun violence.

Like Hartman, [Fanci] Stow of Hillsboro, Oregon, faces physical conditions that limit her mobility. Stow suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis -- also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.

"There are millions of us worldwide that have it," Stow told CNN. "We say we are the millions missing that nobody knows about. And this weekend we are missing the marches because of our disease."

I'm thrilled that this CNN article links to https://www.meaction.net/about/what-is-me/

PS. My spell check wanted to change myalgic to magical, LOL! Nope!

 

[ahimsa]

For those on twitter:

https://twitter.com/RogueMamma/status/977782262379962368

 

[MErmaid]

Stow's pain, fatigue and neurological challenges make it difficult for her to leave the house for long periods of time. She wishes there was more visibility for people with chronic illness who cannot attend protests.

 

[Indigophoton]

Stow's pain, fatigue and neurological challenges make it difficult for her to leave the house for long periods of time. She wishes there was more visibility for people with chronic illness who cannot attend protests.

Giant screens at protests with live video streams of the bedbound severely ill perhaps?