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Your Health Unlocked Episodes
Publication Date: May 16, 2024
By: Rachel Grimsley, (RN, BSN, MSN) Volunteer Health Officer
Transverse Myelitis is a condition affecting the spine causing pain, changes in sensation, and often paralysis. For some, like Emily Kilby, the damage goes far up the spine, leaving her paralyzed from her shoulders down. This condition is very rare, with only 1 to 8 new cases per 1 million people per year in the US but mobility issues are far more common, effecting almost 19 million or 10%, of people in the US today. Emily embraced her new normal, finishing her master’s and using her lived experience to now impact the transport and accessibility sector of London. With the support of her devoted sister Olivia, Emily even found a way to dive back into art – via mouth painting on the ceramics Olivia makes and sells through her business, Wheely Good Ceramics.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Emily and Olivia are two sisters from the countryside just outside of London, UK. Emily is 25 and an environment and sustainability master’s graduate from the London School of Economics and is working in the transport and accessibility sector. Olivia is 23 and a politics graduate from the University of Bristol and is self-employed with her small jewelry business. Emily contracted a rare virus in 2011 that left her paralyzed from her shoulders down. The summer after leaving University Olivia taught herself pottery, and during the same time Emily learned mouth painting. Olivia had the idea for Emily to paint Olivia’s pieces and then Wheely Good Ceramics was born!
Follow Emily and Olivia:
By Emily and Olivia (@wheelygoodceramics) • Instagram photos and videos
Emily and Olivia (@wheelygoodceramics) | TikTok
Buy your own ceramics from Emily and Olivia! Home | Wheely Good Ceramics (bigcartel.com)
For more information on mouth painting: About MFPA – MFPA USA