Be #PeopleSmart Founder, Jodie Greer chats with Madeleine Nicholas, Founder of LighteningUp, about living with a rare disease, self advocacy for young people and how the medical profession can create barriers as well as solutions.Jodie and Madeleine are busting the myths that:"People in wheelchairs can’t walk,” and "A child who cannot articulate their symptoms is attention seeking." Madeleine is using her lived experience to support young people in Australia. Find out how, the difference Lightening Up will make to many young people, and why Madeleine feels so strongly about educating medical practitioners on advocacy and the harm gaslighting does.You can find Madeleine on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.If you would also like to support Madeleine to publish her memoires, please check out her Go Fund Me page.Find out more about Be #PeopleSmart via our website. Accessible transcript documents, with thanks to our partners Just: Access, are available via our podcast web page.Please leave us a rating, we love to know what you think. And why not subscribe? There are even more great guest speakers to come.

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