Inspirational stories
04
Jo Southall crafts to help
cope with her disability
Jo Southall is a part-time student of Occupational Therapy at the University of
Northampton. As a disabled person, she tries to use the distraction of crafting
jewellery to help with the chronic pain of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Nikki White interviewed Jo
Southall to find out more
about her inspiring story
behind jewellery making
J
o Southall, 23, helps cope
with her disability of
hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome by simply crafting
jewellery.
“I have also designed
magnetic clasps. Although
I use simple and childish
designs, most people who
have bought them find the