faces of celiac disease
Real people with a real disease.
3 million Americans and millions more around the world suffer from celiac disease (a staggering 83% of them undiagnosed). This is a real disease affecting real people. Women and men. Young and old. All eating gluten-free to survive and to thrive. What better way to raise awareness than to show the actual faces behind the disease; to build a wall with our pictures and our stories. To learn a bit more about each person below and what celiac disease means to them, mouse over their picture (or tap the pic if you’re on mobile).
Please do your share in raising awareness by adding YOUR FACE and YOUR STORY. Just fill out this form.
[Currently on the Wall: 1,708. Keep ’em coming.]
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Bailey
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010. Celiac disease: because I'm LUCKY to know what causes my autoimmune disease to flare up!
Bailey
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2011. Celiac disease is not fun, but I know I can learn to live with it.
Bailey
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2018. Celiac disease Is not that bad. By finding out I have it I have become healthier.
Baldeesh
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005. Celiac disease is both a blessing and a pain. I wish my whole family would get tested!
Barb
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2008. Celiac disease sucks! But eating GF has given me my life back.
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease dominates my life.
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2011. Celiac disease is real, I don't eat this way because it is the latest fad.
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010. Celiac disease: blessed to know what my body needs to be healthy.
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2008. Celiac disease is easier if we share ideas!
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease takes a lifelong, unrelenting commitment to being healthy.
Barbara
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2011. Celiac disease is the challenge of a lifetime!
Baylor
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease is not fun at all, but I'm trying to not let it define me!
Beau
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016. Celiac disease does not define who I am!
Becky
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2002. Celiac disease interferes with my life but it doesn't stop me from living!
Becky
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2006. Celiac disease saved my life.
Beki
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease isn't as hard as I thought it would be. Now I might get to be a mom!
Belle
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease is a lifestyle which everyone must understand 100%
Ben
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease is ridiculously hard. But it saved my life.
Ben
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease is not going to ruin my childhood!
Bennett
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2011. Celiac disease doesn't stop me from being healthy and AWESOME.
Beth
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease changed everything, but that isn't going to stop me.
Beth
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease never stopped me from persuing my dreams!
Beth
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease diagnosis; a blessing after a decade of malabsorption syndrome!
Beth
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease sucks. My daughter and I were both diagnosed last year.
Bethani
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease has made me stronger.
Bethani
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease doesn't stop me from living my dreams!
Bethanne
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease is a bummer!
Bethany
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2006. Celiac disease was destroying my body and my life. I am grateful for my diagnosis.
Bethany
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016. Celiac disease doesn't have to be isolating, which shows we have amazing family & friends.
Betsy
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease gave me a new beginning - I like new beginnings!!
Betsy
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease is not fun to live with but I'm so glad to have a new lease on life.
Betty
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2019. Celiac disease is very challenging, but I like a challenge!
Bill
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease has given me ups and downs but this is who I am and I've come to accept it.
Bill
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease can bite when you wouldn't expect it!
Billie
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease Is just one part of my story. I refuse to let it become my whole identity.
Billy
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease has changed my eating habits for the better. Tough but doable.
Billy
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2017. Celiac disease is all new to me.
Billy
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998. Celiac disease Is like wine...better with time...Gluten Freek at age 3. Defeat the wheat!
Bob
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease needs stronger support in labeling medicine and foods gluten free.
Bonnie
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease makes it so difficult to know what to eat.
Bonnie
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease was unexpected and unwelcome. I'm still fighting to figure out my new life.
Bonnie
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease is not the end of the world.
Bosiljka
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease has strengthened me.
Brad
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2009. Celiac disease Changed my life, but did not ruin it.
Brady
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease is a pain in the gut!
Brande
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2011. Celiac disease Is just a diagnosis it doesn't define me.
Brandi
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016. Celiac disease Has changed my life forever.
Brandi
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease doesn't define me! Getting a diagnosis has allowed me to live my life.
Brandi
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease does not define me.
Brandi
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016. Celiac disease will not define me.
Brayden
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease Is hard for me to understand. I always see others eating treats I can't.
Bre
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2001. Celiac disease affects me every single day but does not define who I am.
Bree
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2009. Celiac disease makes me aware of what I eat every day, but it is not the end of the world.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease is a complicated disease.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2017. Celiac disease: I'm tired but I'm stronger than celiac. I won't let it define me.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease takes the fun out of restaurant dining.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease made me a stronger person and won’t stop me from living life to its fullest.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2000. Celiac disease has shown me the best and the worst in people and in myself.
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010. Celiac disease Has taught Me to be Resilient, Patient and Honest. It has been a journey!
Brenda
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease is a life changer, but not a life ender... it's actually quite the opposite.
Brendan
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2019. Celiac disease has changed my life but I realize it's not that bad; I feel healthier now.
Brenden
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease Is tough but not that bad!
Brennan
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease can't stop me!
Brett
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2006. Celiac disease is inconvenient but not impossible to live with. Hang in there!
Brian
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease is a pain in the ass, but not the worst thing that can happen to you.
Brian
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease made me more aware of the quality and nutrition of the food I eat.
Brianna
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2018. Celiac disease will not stop me from living a happy and healthy life!
Brianna
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2000. Celiac disease is not a death sentence, but rather an impetus to become a great chef!
Brianna
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1995. Celiac disease used to consume me.
Brianne
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease Is not going to stop me from living the life I love!
Brianne
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease has taught me to value and protect my health...never take it for granted!
Brid
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1980. Celiac disease Is part of me but doesn't define me.
Bridget
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1999. Celiac disease has made me the person I am today.
Brie
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease is misunderstood.
Brien
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1996. Celiac disease nearly killed me. Twenty years on, I'm still trying to live with it.
Briggs
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease is a slog.
Briton
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease ....is a culinary adventure.
Britt
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015. Celiac disease is a struggle, but the diagnosis has made my body happy again.
Brittany
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease use to control every part of my day but now I feel free to live life!
Brittany
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012. Celiac disease has shown me how strong I really am.
Brittany
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. Celiac disease is a daily challenge that I embrace with positivity.
Brittney
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2018. Celiac disease Sucks!
Brooke
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease makes me examine my health and wellness in ways I have never done before.
Brooke
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010. Celiac disease royally sucks. But it’s forced me to eat healthy so...
Brooke
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2014. Celiac disease needs more awareness. I am eating gluten free because I have a disease.
Brynn
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2013. Celiac disease won't keep me down!
Who I am. And who I'm not.
I AM someone who's been gluten-free since 2007 due to a diagnosis of severe celiac disease. I'm someone who can steer you in the right direction when it comes to going gluten-free. And I'm someone who will always give you the naked truth about going gluten free.
I AM NOT someone who embraces this gluten-free craziness. I didn’t find freedom, a better life or any of that other crap when I got diagnosed. With all due respect to Hunter S. Thompson, I found fear and loathing of an unknown world. But if I can share my wisdom, tell my stories and make the transition easier on you, I’ve done my job.
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