Our Stories

Katrina Smith was born prematurely on October 16, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Her life took a spin, when she was nine months old. Ms. Smith suffered severe brain damage, to all of her […]

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Valois J. Vera is a graduate of Purdue University and has professionally served as a Disability Rights Advocate. Born with Muscular Dystrophy, Val has traveled, sailed competitively, and coached youth […]

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Dyslexic With A Twist So, I met this lady named Anna Adams who reached out to me asking if I would tell our daughter’s story. Sure, after all how hard […]

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Kevin’s Story I have always known my son, Kevin, was different. He hated loud noise with such a passion that I dreaded the 4th of July, New Year’s Eve, and […]

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At the age of seventeen Chicagoan Brian Swift’s neck was broken while playing football with his friends on the sunny, chilly day after Christmas.  As he found the courage and […]

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Hello, my name is Cecilia! I am the youngest of five children born to Stanley and Veronica Zwanzig. My mother married my father at the age of twenty-five, which in […]

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On September 10, 2012 James Sparhawk had a complete freak accident. He was too close to the edge on a roof of a 2 story house porch he was working […]

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Hey everyone my name is Carina Ortiz. Since I was born my life has been full of struggles, but I’ve managed to fight them successfully. I can say that I […]

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Betty Mekdeci is the Executive Director at Birth Defect Research for Children. Her website is http://www.birthdefects.org/about-us/. On her website, Betty tells everyone how she feels that her sons birth defects […]

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Hi, I’m Lauren. I am a 36 year old Mother of 3. I have all girls and their ages are 15,14, and 5 years old. My youngest Wren was born […]

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