‘The most someone wants is to be heard’: Students foster connection, create memoirs for hospice patients

‘The most someone wants is to be heard’: Students foster connection, create memoirs for hospice patients

Jazmin Campbell has an untreatable autoimmune disorder called stiff person syndrome, also known as SPS. The syndrome causes symptoms such as muscle stiffness, painful contractions and spasms and is most common in individuals aged 40-50. Campbell has received multiple diagnoses of terminal illnesses since childhood. At one point, she was told she only had six months left to live.  All her life, Campbell has been told she wouldn’t make it to adult…