Disabled people like me know the feeling of being gaslit all too well. You know who else is ignored and disbelieved? Children. They lack agency. It’s down to the adults to protect them. /2

If a child is born chronically ill - or becomes disabled early in life - they may not understand they’re sick. When your “normal” is pain and suffering from the very early years of your life - you assume it’s the same for everyone else. /3