by NielS | May 7, 2025 | OI Warriors of India
By Anvi Bhat, A cheerful, confidence-building write-up of a 7 year-old OI Warrior I’m Anvi Bhat! I’m 7 years old, and I love to draw and paint! Every day is an adventure for me, especially at school and with my friends. I was born with a condition called...
by NielS | May 7, 2025 | OI Warriors of India
By Shreya Shankar, M.Sc. Clinical Psychology, OI Warrior To be a young person with OI is confusing. It’s confusing to try to experience similar things as your peers while having to Google “can a person with OI do…?” It’s not just confusing, but also scary to...
by NielS | May 7, 2025 | OI Warriors of India
Experience shared by Bismah Hi, I’m Bismah. I was born and raised in Kolkata, though my great-grandparents were from Agra. I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a genetic condition that causes fragile bones. No one else in my family has it—my case is due to...
by NielS | Dec 3, 2024 | OI Warriors of India
The OI Warrior Crack, crack a bone, an OI is born,Beginning of surgeries, plasters, needles, and bandage,Baby keeps parents awake with moans and groan,Very soon life appears like a bondage.You may have days of low and think God you so mean,For Inserting virus like...
by NielS | Apr 9, 2023 | OI Warriors of India
Sahana Rajdev, 50, from Kolkata was diagnosed with OI at the age of 13 while undergoing a treatment for trauma to the eye and multiple fractures with very little injury. Currently she has loss of vision in both eyes due to trauma on very fragile ocular tissue. She is...
