Asthma, Autism, Chronic Pain, Cancer, Cerebral palsy, CFS/ME, CKD, COPD, Lupus, Dementia, Diabetes Type 1 or 2, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Arthritis, Endometriosis, Epilepsy, Fibromyalgia, Migraine, MS, Stroke, Hashimotos, Blind or Low vision,
Our mission
Unitely exists to change the story for women with chronic illness and disability to make them feel seen and safe. We share real stories, bring people together, and provide simple tools that reduce stigma at work and in life.
Why sick women matter
Community
Meet your match
Friends & family try. Partners try. Doctors are rushed.
What changes everything is meeting someone like you.
Someone who knows what it feels like to be rushed out of another doctor's appointment, to be broken up with during treatment, to be told from your workplace 'you're no longer needed here' - we get it cause we've lived it.
Its simple - you fill out your details and every month you get matched with someone who knows what you're going through - you can connect online or in person - the choice is yours! Also we do this FREE.
Community
Each month we pair you with someone who feels like they "get you" like no other. Then you join our supportive online community for extra help, tips on finding specialists, advocating for yourself, and “me too” moments on tap.
Content
The Weekly Dose newsletter gives you the lowdown on life from a sick-body lens, because when mates say tired your tired hits different. From work & money to relationships and beauty and fashion that's accessible and functionable - we got you.
Capability
Tired of educating your own workplace? Our Sick@Work program does it for you, giving leaders the skills to listen, adapt, and respond. We build empathy, safety, and simple processes that help you and your team succeed together.
Our manifesto
We are the women who looked like fine and weren’t.
Some of us faded at midday. Some of us last year.
We were told to be low-maintenance and high-performing.
We did both, then disappeared in plain sight.
We are done with that.
We are the girls who smiled through pain and still nailed the brief.
We missed the party, the deadline, the bus, the diagnosis, the memo.
We know what it is to be overlooked and still show up.
We are done apologising for it.
We have conditions, not character flaws.
We carry pill organisers alongside big dreams.
We cry in loos and laugh in group chats - the ones we’re not removed from.
We bring heat, heart, pills, receipts, and snacks.
We want most of the same things you do, we just have to do them differently.
Our life stages do not always run on the standard timetable.
We hunt for advice and maps that actually fit our bodies and lives.
We write Plan B, then C, then the plan that finally makes sense.
We reject the rules that punish unpredictability.
We reject pity disguised as help.
We reject ableism dressed up as “standards” and “culture fit”.
We reject the idea that success has one speed.
We are not victims of our diagnoses.
We are survivors, strategists, and system rewriters.
We turn symptoms into signals and roadblocks into reroutes.
We don’t make magic in the margins. We redraw the map so more of us can travel.
We match with people like us so the room finally feels safe.
We swap stories that shrink shame.
We trade hacks, doctors, templates, and hope.
We test solutions, not each other’s thresholds.
We laugh loudly. We cry loudly. We live loudly.
We make space for the days we cannot move and the days we move mountains.
We count wins that don’t fit the old scorecard.
We celebrate the comeback and the careful pace that made it possible.
We build workplaces that fit real bodies and real lives.
We design businesses that flex with flare-ups.
We demand leadership that measures trust, not just timesheets.
We teach the world that accessibility is not a favour. It is the floor.
We see each other.
We back each other.
We rise together, no woman left hiding.
If you need a sign, this is it.
If you need a bestie, she is waiting inside.
If you need permission, we wrote it for you.
We are Unitely.
We are here.
We are visible.
We are yours.
Created by you, with you and for you.
Workplaces
Sick happens.
Show your team how to plan for it.
Our 'sick@work' program is rooted in psychological safety, and helps you build stronger, higher-performing teams even when their health is unpredictable. We are replacing the old eye-roll at sick leave with real understanding, including why some staff literally get stuck on the toilet due to conditions they cannot control.
Sick@Work helps workplaces to:
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Have clear, confident health conversations without prying
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Design practical adjustments that protect performance and people
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Lift psychological safety and trust across teams
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Reduce avoidable absenteeism and churn
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Turn policies into plain-English playbooks managers and teams actually use
We combine education, hands-on practice, and lived experience speakers to show what safer teams look like in the real world.
Content
Read, watch, listen
Subscribe & feel seen
Learn, laugh, and feel seen with weekly insights, community stories, wins & fails (we celebrate both here!).