Sara Geurts was just 10 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare skin condition called Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder that inhibits the body’s ability to produce collagen. As a consequence, Geurts has skin that wrinkles prematurely and makes her look

When I was a little kid, I was renowned for my “circus freak” flexibility. I would gross out the other kids by bending my fingers all the way back, or impress them by doing perfect splits. I secretly thought that these abilities were the manifestation of some mental ability, that I just “knew how”