This year for Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week 2024 (16-22 September) the theme was #STOPtheStereotype, focusing on dispelling the frustrating stereotypes that surround this incurable, invisible condition. The 450,000 people living in the UK with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) face people making assumptions about their condition, hearing comments along the lines of ‘you look fine how can you be unwell?’, ‘you are far too young to have arthritis’, ‘it’s just your joints getting old?’ amongst many others.
NRAS wants people to check their preconceptions about RA with their #STOPtheStereotype quiz. Why not test your knowledge, and in turn by sharing the quiz you can help educate people and spread awareness on this condition that affects 1% of the population yet is still so misunderstood.
Visit nras.org.uk/stopthestereotype to find out more.