The Contest received hundreds of beautiful images – thank you to all the participants who sent in a photo … and to everybody who took the time to vote for their favourites!
The first prize goes to Katerina from Greece,
who lives with Friedreich ataxia. Katerina is a special needs teacher who lives a very active life. The caption to her photo sums up her approach to living with a rare disease.
Don’t let disability rule your life.
The second-place winning photo depicts Lily and Tristan, twins living in France.
Their photo caption refers to the fact that they are the only known cases of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy with a mutation on the MRPL3 gene.
Unique in the world but not for celebrity.
The third-place winning photo is of Margaretka,
a little Slovakian girl living with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Shaggy but lucky: Butterfly Princess Margaretka Joy is sometimes stronger than the pain. Seven-year-old Meggie has skin as delicate as butterfly wings.
View all the photos submitted to the EURORDIS Photo Contest 2013!