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Nicole Graves
Hey! I’m Nicole Graves ! So, here is my story . I had a host of medical problems and complications over most of my life. Nothing any physician seemed inclined to research the actual cause of. Then, in 2011, I had my first of two strokes. I lost my left side, had to undergo significant…
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Arti Devi
SB in a Nutshell Life in a nut shell, I have always been one of those people who rarely speak of one’s own life and struggles on social media or anywhere. Mostly because to people every step I take is inspiring or motivating. That itself takes it’s toll on you. Slowly in life, you become…
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Krista’s Story
Hi my name is Krista. I have severe depression and anxiety and boarderline personality disorder and dyslexia and learning disabilities. It stops me from doing a lot of things I want to do I wanted to work with people with all kinds of physical and cognitive disabilities (different abilities) but once I got hired after…
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Joel Cooper
What Fitness Taught Me About Reaching Goals With a Disability When I was a newborn, my parents were told I would never live the life of a “normal” human being, nor make it past the age of 1 and amount to anything if I did make it. From that point on, it only got worse…
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Joanne Marszal
Achieving Dreams With Disabilities Life is an uphill battle for anyone especially for people with disabilities. I was born three months premature with Cerebral Palsy and I do not let it stop me. Since I was a kid, I always had a creative mind and a passion for writing. I attended Florida Atlantic University to…
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Meet Samantha!
My name is Samantha. I was born January 12th 1987 in Scranton Pennsylvania. I have Myelomenglocele at the L3 level. I am a full time wheelchair user. I am the youngest of 3 children and the only one with a physical disability. Life with this disability has been..let’s say interesting. My parents did not know…
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Paul Wood
My name is Paul and I’m currently 43 years old. I was born with both Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele (L4-L5, I’m told), and I also have Hydrocephalus. Thankfully, my uncle is a medical doctor (a cancer surgeon), so he was able to connect my parents with some of the best medical care then available and reassure…
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Brittany Hill
Brittany Hill is a 32 year old woman who was born with Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele. Her lesion is located in her lower back. It paralyzed her left leg only from the hip down and she has severe Scoliosis and Hydrocephalus. Growing up with Spina Bifida was definitely different for Brittany. Brittany didn’t go to sleep…
