Céline Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. How does this kind of chronic illness affect women?

Author Jo Sheringham shares her experience of developing an autoimmune condition, and the lessons God is teaching her as she lives with the disability.

Multi award-winning singer Céline Dion has recently been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune neurological condition known as stiff-person syndrome, which causes painful muscle spasms and stiffness.

While I don’t have the same condition, a few years ago, I began to develop some unwelcome neurological symptoms. Over a short space of time, they increased and I’ve since been diagnosed with a different autoimmune condition that is damaging my central nervous system.