Assessing Inclusivity in the Wellness Industry

Akilah Cadet, founder and chief executive officer of Change Cadet, who lives with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare connective tissue disorder, feels similarly when it comes to wellness. “Hearing wellness is for well people is why I can’t get that [wellness-oriented] appointment,” Cadet said. “Wellness can be for disabled people. Wellness can be for depressed people.

According to The Global Wellness Institute, in 2017, the wellness economy was estimated at $4.5 trillion, representing roughly 5.6 percent of global economic output. “For folks with chronic illness, wellness doesn’t address them because it often addresses the healthiest of people,” said Dr. Tracy George, president and chief medical officer at ARUP Laboratories and a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. “There are people living with significant disabilities due to illness and they can’t partake in these creams or supplements or whatever else is out there. Even things as simple as soap or hand lotion.

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