May 6, 2022

EDS stands for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that that can be debilitating and disabling. I illustrated this woman as a mermaid because People who cannot use their legs as much as others often relate to to mermaids for the fantastical chance at more mobility

[ID: a digital drawing that is in black and white, of a mermaid who is sitting in a wheelchair. She is looking back over her shoulder and is wearing a “Nobody Knows I Have EDS” t-shirt. She has her arms outspread and is holding a scarf between them. She is in shallow water that has a rippled but strong reflection]