My name is Joel and I’m from Norwich, in the UK. For 30 years, I have lived with Psoriatic-associated Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, psoriasis and associated mental health comorbidities.
I'm sharing my story because growing up with arthritis, I never saw or heard from anyone whom I could relate to. The posters on the waiting room walls of people with arthritis didn't look like me, and my psoriasis was never considered a priority, despite how it made me feel. Nobody asked what mattered to me. Nobody asked how I felt.
NCD Diaries
I use my story and advocacy to start conversations to change lives.
Joel Nelson, lived experience of multiple chronic conditions, United Kingdom
About NCD DIARIES
The NCD Diaries use rich and immersive multimedia approaches to share lived experiences to drive change, using a public narrative framework.
