A Belfast mum who has battled with a hidden disability has hailed a newly-formed football team for helping tackle a taboo topic
A Belfast mum who has battled with a hidden disability has hailed a newly-formed football team for helping spark a taboo conversation.
The football team ranges from women aged 14, right through to women in their 50s - and as they took to the field on Sunday, they celebrated a victory in winning their first game, and proudly wearing the sunflower, which promotes the hidden disabilities group.The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower enables people with non-visible disabilities to access the support they need.
"I have worked very closely with hidden disabilities because I have got children with severe hidden disabilities. I myself have come through endometriosis and had to have a full hysterectomy because of it. It is something that I am passionate about, and would advocate for, because it affects every other person. I was in that taboo, where you go up and got on with it, and didn't talk about it. That has changed now and we want to change that for future generations.
"We wore our kits with the sunflower on them yesterday, and we won, that is the first win, which was amazing. We are out to make a difference.""We want our team to be a place for people who feel like they haven't got anywhere else to go or that they can't turn to anyone," she added.
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