So many of us live with conditions people can’t see and don’t know what we are going through. “My life completely changed after I was injured. Muhammad Junaid, who lives and works in Karachi, Pakistan has been training for the marathon and will fly over to London on Wednesday, April 19, to take part in the iconic event.
Together, they are using their public profiles to raise funds for Scope’s vital work, as well as awareness of invisible impairments and conditions. As she is unable to run the London Marathon herself, her friend Geo News Anchor, Muhammad Junaid, will run for them both. She lives with chronic pain and has restricted mobility on her left side. Saima has an invisible disability after an injury she sustained while on assignment for CNN in 2014. Sky News presenter Saima Mohsin and her friend, Geo Television news anchor Muhammad Junaid, have joined Team Scope for the famous race, which takes place in the capital on Sunday, April 23. Two internationally renowned journalists have teamed up to take on the London Marathon and raise money for the disability equality charity, Scope. 4 in 10 (44 percent) said careless assumptions both reduced their confidence and self-belief.
A quarter (25 percent) of those surveyed said they had been accused of faking their disability.The charity found that 3 out of 4 disabled people (72 percent) said they had experienced negative attitudes and behaviour towards them, in the past 5 years.
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