Sally Hatton has a rare condition that leaves her in constant pain each day. It affects almost all aspects of her life, but her illness may not always be apparent.
She sometimes gets funny looks in the street for walking a certain way, but when she has sat in the priority seat on public transport, she’s been challenged by strangers.
Rare illnesses are more common than you might think. Diagnosed with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) at 18 months old, Sally is part of the figures that show one in 17 people in the UK will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives, according to a European Commission report. READ MORE: 'I was a ticking time bomb...
until my mum saved my life' She has often felt shy when it comes to explaining her condition and struggled as a teenager at school in being ‘different’.
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