National Juvenile Arthritis Month

“What does wearing blue mean to you?”

Is the question I’ve been asking children that live with Juvenile Arthritis over the past few months.

“Wearing blue means that people do care about the pain I’m in each day.”

“My friends can see that I’m not ashamed of living with Juvenile Arthritis.”

These are just two of the many answers I received.
Why was I asking children that live with Juvenile Arthritis this?
October is a very special month in many ways for myself. It’s the month Kids Arthritis celebrates its

 2nd birthday! The month we hold Australia’s Biggest and Bluest Night for Kids Arthritis, Arthur’s Big Blue Night, but it’s also National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month.
Blue is the colour of Kids Arthritis. It represents the courage and smiles that children living with the pain of Juvenile Arthritis have. This October I invite you to wear your favourite blue shirt, socks, jacket, dress, anything that’s blue to show that you support children living with Juvenile Arthritis.

It’s a simple thing you can do to support the 1 in 1000 children in Australia living with Juvenile Arthritis. I also encourage you to upload your blue outfit onto social media to show me, your friends and family online that you support children living with Juvenile Arthritis.

Now, what does the word ‘support’ mean when living with Juvenile Arthritis?

To me, a lifelong severe suffer of Juvenile Arthritis, it means that the people around me in my community, whether that be online or the Adelaide Hills. Want to be there and show that they care about the pain, stiffness, and isolation that children living with Juvenile Arthritis endure.

So, this October I invite you to wear something blue to show that you support children living with Juvenile Arthritis.