We name Hypermobile as an identity not to show deference to medical and diagnostic systems that withhold quality of life care, but as a political choice to lend visibility to an extremely underdiagnosed, neglected, and specific cause of multisystemic impairment.
Diagnoses may include, but are not limited to, hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome (hEDS), fibromyalgia, long covid (LC), dysautonomia including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and many more!
Hyp / Hyp+ / Hyps = shorthand for hypermobile / hypermobility or connective tissue-related conditions and similar and similarly neglected experiences / hypermobile people
Access = quality of life support and everything required for full choice and participation in all aspects of life ex. comfortable seating, informed medical care, mobility aids, wheelchair ramps, gluten-free food, quiet spaces, etc. to infinity
Health autonomy = a central tenet of accessibility as process; self-directed and community respected choice-making following identification of access needs and options for support
