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Understanding Osteoporosis

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First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about osteoporosis. And this article will be broken into two-part sections.   Living With Disabilities would like to begin by giving you an outline of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes bones to become brittle and weak, to the point where even minor stresses, such as bending over or coughing, can result in a fracture. Osteoporosis-related fractures most commonly occur in the hip, wrist, and spine. Bone is a living tissue that constantly breaks down and replaces itself. What causes Osteoporosis ? Osteoporosis develops when the production of new bone does not keep up with the loss of old bone. Osteoporosis is a disease that affects men and women of all racial backgrounds. White and Asian wo

We're in this together

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First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about the   disabled community.   Around 15% of the world's population has some sort of disability, with 2–4% of them experiencing considerable difficulty in functioning. In addition, the prevalence of disability is higher in poorer countries. How would society know about the disabled population and all the challenges that individuals with disabilities had to go through if it wasn't for Crip Camp, a Nexflix Documentary?  Some parts of society got the memo about what people with disabilities need and some parts of society are still acting like people with disabilities are transparent. They don't exist on this planet. This is enough to give a person heartburn. And it just does