What is it like to live and perform with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)? On this episode of YMyHealth Podcast, Co-Host Julie Woon speaks with disabled performer and chronic illness creator Alaina Hall about how POTS affects daily life, mobility, and performance.
Alaina shares her experience of diagnosis and symptom management, the role mobility aids can play, and the emotional challenges of living with an invisible disability. She and Julie also discuss adapting dance and performance, grieving changes in physical ability, listening to the body, and advocating for greater disability visibility and representation in the arts.
🎧Listen now to hear Alaina's perspective on living and performing with POTS, adapting to changing abilities, and advocating for disability representation in the arts.
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