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Hi, my name is MichelleHope1979!
MichelleHope1979
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Hi @MichelleHope1979 welcome to the community! Would you like to tell us a bit about yourself?Disability Gamechanger - 2019
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I'm a friendly caring kind person with mild learning difficulties plus I suffer from depression and anxiety I also have type 2 diabeties and have Oastioartritus in both my knees ?.
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I wear support bandages on both knees but the pain can still be unbearable at times it hurts if i sit down stand up and move about. It does get me down a bit. Can I ask is Oastioartrutis classed as having a disability?.
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Hi @MichelleHope1979
Welcome to the community.
Thank you for sharing this with us and sorry to hear about the pain you are going through. You may be interested in our learning difficulties and mental health discussions.
I am not sure of this myself, our Occupational Therapist @Jean_OT may be able to answer this for you.
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Hi @MichelleHope1979
It’s great ? meet you today ???
Please let me know if there’s anything that I can help you with ???
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