Alice Hattrick

|date=Alice Hattrick is a British writer, video producer and an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and lives with ME/CFS. |date= |date===Early life== |date=Alice Hattrick's mother collapsed with pneumonia which led to her developing ME/CFS when Alice was eight. Alice also became ill as a child, and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. |date=She studied the History of Art and worked in the film industry, before studying at the Critical Writing In Art & Design at the UK's Royal College of Art. |date= |date=In 2021, Hattrick published their first book, Ill Feelings, part memoir on ME/CFS, chronic illness, and attitudes towards women with disabilities, and part literary criticism. |date= |date===ME/CFS== |date=Alice Hattrick was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as a child, their ― Alice Hattrick uses their/she pronouns ― symptoms as a child included common childhood ME symptoms: |date=* stomach aches |date=* headaches that lasted all day |date=* sleepiness during school break times |date=* pain in their arms and legs after Physical Education (P.E.) classes. |date=Despite being diagnosed at a children's hospital, and growing up with a mother disabled by ME/CFS, Hattrick was not "fully convinced" of their diagnosis as a child. |date= |date="It's still an impossible diagnosis—too serious to be fake, too subjective to be real" |date= |date===Talks and interviews== |date=* Oct 7, 2021, "Society is ableist": Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid - New Stateman: The Culture Interview |date=*Sept 30, 2021, Ill Feelings: Stories of Unexplained Illness, with Alice Hattrick in conversation with Abi Palmer - YouTube |date= |date===Articles== |date=*Feb 2017, Ill Feelings - The White Review |date= |date===Books== |date=*2021, Ill Feelings: stories of unexplained illness |date=::alternative title: Ill Feelings |date= |date===Online presence== |date=* Twitter |date=* Facebook |date=* Instagram |date=* LinkedIn |date=* Website/Blog (inactive, Apr 2022) |date=* YouTube |date= |date===See also== |date=*Ill Feelings: stories of unexplained illness |date= |date===Learn more== |date=* Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - The Crack magazine |date=*Alice Hattrick - David Higham Associates |date=* Excerpt from Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - GRANTA |date= |date===References== |date= |date= |date= |date= |date= |date= |date=