{"id":52466,"date":"2024-05-31T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2048996"},"modified":"2024-05-31T21:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T19:38:38","slug":"love-islands-patsy-is-looking-forward-to-talking-about-her-disability-on-show","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-islands-patsy-is-looking-forward-to-talking-about-her-disability-on-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island\u2019s Patsy is \u201clooking forward\u201d to talking about her disability on show"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hopefully people will be able to watch that and understand from my explanation a little bit more about it.” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 31 May 2024 at 19:00 PM<\/p>

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Patsy Field is among the 12 contestants<\/a> set to enter the Love Island<\/a> villa on Monday 3rd June, and she is hoping to use the platform to raise awareness about Erb\u2019s Palsy, a condition that she lives with.<\/p>\n

Erb\u2019s Palsy, also known as Brachial Plexus Paralysis, is a condition which can occur due to \u201cbirth trauma\u201d and can affect \u201cone or all five of the primary nerves that supply the movement and feeling to an arm\u201d, according to Erb\u2019s Palsy Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Patsy<\/a> opened up about her disability, explaining it happened during birth but she has since accepted it as \u201ca part\u201d of who she is.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cFrom there, I have had quite a few operations, muscle transplants, nerve transplants, to get it to where it is now, which I\u2019m pretty happy with.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just something that I\u2019ve had all of my life, that I get on with, and I don\u2019t know any different \u2013 so it\u2019s just day to day for me, it\u2019s quite a small part of who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Patsy Field for Love Island 2024.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

When asked about representing those who also have Erb\u2019s Palsy on such a big platform like Love Island, Patsy said she is \u201creally looking forward to be able to speak about it\u201d to whoever she meets in the villa.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully people will be able to watch that and understand from my explanation a little bit more about it,\u201d she told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> and other press.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really hoping that there is going to be people all over the country and wherever else who have got similar things or a lot of people with this exact same condition, who will see me doing something like this and be like, \u2018Wow, OK, I never thought that I would ever go for something like that, and she\u2019s doing it and she\u2019s so confident and she\u2019s very body confident. And I can be the same. And I could do things like that as well.’\u201d<\/p>

Read more on Love Island 2024 contestants:<\/strong><\/p>\n