Fed up of people making assumptions about him based purely on how he looks, Ste Walker has written a powerful post on Facebook warning people to think before they speak.
The 24-year-old from West Yorkshire suffers from severe Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, and has spent much of the last 18-months in hospital.
He’s also undergone three life-saving operations in two years.
Yet, because he looks like ‘any normal guy my age’ with his clothes on, he’s faced criticism and attacks from complete strangers, some of whom have accused him of faking his illness.
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