JIA Awareness Week 2022 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Awareness Week (JIA AW) is a campaign created by NRAS to raise awareness of the condition and eliminate misconceptions by educating and informing friends, family, schools, employers of those with JIA and the general population about what juvenile idiopathic arthritis truly is. JIA AW 2022 | 13-17 June 2022 For our 2022 campaign, we focused on the fluctuating condition that JIA is and no two days are the same living with JIA. #SameJIADifferentDay #SameJIADifferentDay During conversations with parents, children and adults living with JIA, a common theme kept coming up which is ‘why can’t people understand that JIA is a fluctuating condition?’ It can be very frustrating to keep explaining this. Some days, those living with JIA are able to do most things e.g. play football, cook, go for a run, however other days can be a struggle to even get out of bed, climb the stairs at school or work. Due to the lack of understanding of this disease some children have had teachers, friends and relatives asking them if they are faking it. They have said, ‘We need to help teachers to understand how diverse and fluctuating the disease is from day to day, I’m not lying about my symptoms they change’. Therefore, we want to show that even though for those living with JIA, and on medications, no two days are the same, #SameJIADifferentDay. Watch our campaign videos here Click to close video modal Close Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok NRAS in 2023 0 Helpline enquiries 0 Publications sent out 0 People reached
#SameJIADifferentDay During conversations with parents, children and adults living with JIA, a common theme kept coming up which is ‘why can’t people understand that JIA is a fluctuating condition?’ It can be very frustrating to keep explaining this. Some days, those living with JIA are able to do most things e.g. play football, cook, go for a run, however other days can be a struggle to even get out of bed, climb the stairs at school or work. Due to the lack of understanding of this disease some children have had teachers, friends and relatives asking them if they are faking it. They have said, ‘We need to help teachers to understand how diverse and fluctuating the disease is from day to day, I’m not lying about my symptoms they change’. Therefore, we want to show that even though for those living with JIA, and on medications, no two days are the same, #SameJIADifferentDay.