"So, besides the counselling services, we also do wheelchair, we give wheelchairs out, we give mobility scooters out. It's for people who are housebound and they have no way of getting out, or, like myself, too breathless or too much in pain and they can't get out of their home.

Because one of the things I noticed myself, when I couldn't get out of the home, was that I developed some kind of social anxiety, because I hadn't been out for such a long time. It was like, okay, I'm scared to do this now. Am I going to be okay? And it was hard. 
    
So that's one of the things that I never want anyone to go through, to be stuck indoors and they can't get out just because they can't afford a wheelchair, or because they can't afford a mobility scooter. So that's my mission, to remove that barrier, and so people can socialise again and go to the shops, pick up their little one from school, or just be out in nature."



Tasha Sorhaindo shares her journey living with multiple chronic health conditions and founding her charity, Chronically Marvellous, that supports individuals with non-visible disabilities.

Tasha is autistic and lives with systemic lupus, dilated cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, arthritis and osteoporosis. After being able to run marathons and becoming gravely ill with only two weeks to live, Tasha decided to set up Chronically Marvellous to support others in a similar position with support groups that carers can also attend, counselling services and the provision of wheelchairs and electric scooters, as she understands the feeling of isolation.

As a mum, her children are her priority, especially as they also have non-visible disabilities, including autism and the genetic long QT wave syndrome. Balancing being there for them, with chronic pain, fatigue, and breathing difficulties, is hard work, but it also gives her true insight into what services to offer.


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