A Human Library Event on Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Understanding Digestive Diseases is a Human Living Library event where people can learn about two of the digestive diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.
Event Details
When: Wednesday 12th of May 2021
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Where: Pearl Cove Library in the Library Courtyard
Charge: Free
To book, please contact Pearl Cove Library on (02) 9525 0973 or book online at the Pearl Cove Library website at www.pearlcovelibraryevents.gov.au
About the event
Join us at Pearl Cove Library to learn more about two digestive diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease and how they can affect those who have these diseases. For this event, there will be four living books, three of whom who will explain how they live day to day with the disease and about the different mediactions that they take. The final living book will explain the more medical side of these two disease including current treatments and future treatments.Who will be the Living Books
Harrison Ward, a young adult in his 20s with Ulcerative Colitis
Vanessa Greene, a mother with a child with Crohn's disease
Kirra Dunn, an Indigenous Australian with Crohn's disease
Professor Thomas Borody, a well-known sydney gastroenterologist.
Links for more information
For more about the Human Living Library: https://humanlibrary.org/
For more information about Colitis and Crohn's Disease: https://www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au/
Image attribution: https://lyfebotanicals.com/health/turmeric-for-ibd/
Aleesha Mullan
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