A Walthamstow resident has been listed as one of the country's most important disabled people.

Georgia Bondy has been named in the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 2024.

The list celebrates the 100 most influential disabled individuals in the UK.

Georgia’s work includes founding Well Adapt, which supports chronically ill people to manage pain and fatigue.

Georgia was motivated by their own experiences after being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and multiple sclerosis.

Georgia said: “Because neither of my health conditions show up in blood test results or triage diagnostic tools in A&E, I was consistently told there was nothing wrong with me.

“Once I actually had diagnoses, I was mostly left alone to deal with debilitating pain and fatigue. I felt completely abandoned.

“It was the disabled and chronically ill community that were actually helpful.

"Once I was well enough to work and in a financial position to work for myself, I knew this was something I had to help with."

Georgia grew up in Highams Park before moving away for university and then returning to live in Walthamstow in 2020.

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Georgia was also involved in campaigning for a greater uptake in Covid-19 vaccinations.

“I took part in a government campaign in newspapers across the country to share my own story of vaccination in order to improve vaccine uptake.

“I focused on my experience as a clinically vulnerable person but also as a British Caribbean person as there was a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean community."

The Disability Power 100 list was published today (November 20) and Georgia was described as a "disability changemaker".

The awards are publicly nominated and judged by a panel of 25 disabled champions including international business leader Dr Shani Dhanda and Coronation Street actor Cherylee Houston.

On being included in the Disability Power 100 list, Georgia said: “It’s so lovely to realise that all the work I’ve put in has been recognised and appreciated.

“It's really easy to get lost in the mundane day-to-day of trying to make a change; it's lovely to stop, look back and realise I actually made a difference."