Jack the Silly-Yak is for anyone who wants to learn more about invisible illness' in Australian Kids or who just loved to have fun, be creatve and silly! Jack and Alex have met and shared Silly-Yak with schools, pre-schools, libraries, Coeliacs, friends and families of Coeliacs and even kids who just love to have fun.
Coeliac Disease (C.D) is a chronic auto immune disease. When those with C.D. eat gluten their immune system thinks it is bad and tries to get rid of it. However in the process of trying to eliminate the bad gluten it also causes damage to the small intestines and more specifically the Vili, which are used to absorb nutrients.
It is a life long disease and cannot be cured however by taking gluten out of our diets we can get back to being our silly selves!