“Scoliosis Doesn’t Make Me A Burden” Mentee Ayah Al-Masyabi Publishes Piece On Youth Communication

Mentee Ayah Al-Masyabi publishes a piece on Youth Communication, “Scoliosis Doesn’t Make Me A Burden”

Mentee Ayah Al-Masyabi recently published a personal essay about her struggles with scoliosis on YouthCommunication.

“My back pain quickly escalated from being bad to debilitating. At times it was so awful that it felt like my back was falling off…Being only 10 years old, it was hard to know how to deal with it all. Scoliosis was dreadful, and it caused me to be more moody and sad. I was often fighting with my siblings, sometimes even my parents. The only positive I saw was no longer having to attend gym class.”

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