With RA Awareness Week just around the corner we are asking everyone affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to do a 30-60 second video talking about RA on a smartphone camera and send it to us.
You don't have to have RA yourself, you could be a health care professional, a family member or a friend of someone with the condition.
The video ideally needs to be on the following topics:
- How RA affects your joints on a day to day basis and how you’ve overcome different obstacles
- How RA is about more than just joints - does RA affect your eyes, heart, lungs or other areas of your body?
- How RA has affected your work or your education
- Any experiences you have had with your disease feeling invisible e.g. reactions from friends and family, or the general public about it
- We also want to hear from friends, family, colleagues - how has your RA affected them? Has it made them learn more about the disease? How have they supported you?
- How does having RA affect you emotionally?
- Healthcare professionals - How has RA affected your patients? What support can rheumatology teams give them?
Read more and upload your video here: nras.org.uk/raaw