Her Turn For Support

When the world becomes too overwhelming, when pain clouds everything, when safety feels like a distant memory—she is there. Unwavering. Present. Essential.

She isn't family by blood, but she holds my world together. She isn't a friend by conventional definition, but she understands me in ways few others attempt. She's my support worker, but that clinical term fails to capture what she truly is: a lifeline.

For someone who dedicates her life to helping others navigate disability, chronic pain, and mental health challenges, she now faces her own devastating crisis. I cannot share the details—the cruel reality of gendered violence demands this silence—but I can share what she means to our community.

To me, she is:

- The calm voice that brings me back during sensory overload

- The steady hands that help when pain makes simple tasks impossible

- The patient presence who understands that my brain works differently

- The advocate who stands beside me against a world not built for bodies like mine

- The person who ensures I'm never truly alone in my struggles

She has been there for countless moments that would have broken me otherwise. Now, it's our turn to be there for her.

You know me - Elly Desmarchelier - someone who has dedicated years to advocacy within disability and LGBTIQ+ spaces and I'm asking for your trust. Our community knows what it means to protect our own, to believe survivors, to understand that sometimes details must remain private for safety.

Your donation, of any amount, becomes part of something powerful: a community rising up to protect someone who has always protected others.

Thank you for standing with us.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​