Elisha Dillon (10) has suffered from juvenile arthritis since she was a year old

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If I had been told I had to give up sport after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, it would have broken me

At one point I lost all faith that I would ever be well again. I just wanted to live normally, like my friends

Getting my hips replaced in my 40s liberated me from painkillers and enabled me to take up running and get fit

More than one in five Irish people have some form of the disease

Kinneavy has had this chronic autoimmune disease for more than 30 years and through her work with Arthritis Ireland, she has become a source of information and comfort to those more recently diagnosed.

“People with arthritis often feel that even their friends and family do not fully understand the daily challenges"