ADVOCACY

A Union of Equality

On June 27 OIFE volunteer Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg represented EURORDIS at the EU Meeting “A Union of Equality: Disability Rights and Strategies”, which was a seminar on examples of how to reach equality by using strategies to realize the rights of persons with disabilities. In order to highlight and raise awareness of the EU strategy…

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OIFE

Winners of Black Pearl Award 2021

Ingunn Westerheim and Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg from Norway are the recipients of this year’s Black Pearl Volunteer Awards, an international award that recognizes their volunteer efforts for people with the rare condition osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). How it all started We do the interview on Zoom, since both ladies are at risk for Covid19. But what…

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STORIES

Artists with OI: Mira Thompson

Who are you and what do you do? My name is Mira Thompson and I’m a singer. In what way has OI affected your art?
 As much as I want to say it hasn’t, I also know it completely affects the way I look at life in general. Which does not mean every song I…

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