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This section of the website is for sharing advocacy stories. We learn from our experiences, both good and not so good. This is a place for the sharing the good times in advocacy, when we win the hour, we get our message across, we are successful. If we share our story, it may provide a model for another person, another parent, another advocate.
Relationship Lays Foundation for Meeting New Challenges This is the story of a woman with spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that makes muscles very stiff and a trainer with little experience with people with disabilities working together to design a personalized fitness program. The end result was a great increase in mobility and a strong personal bond. Click on the link above to read more on the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability website.
Reaching an Autistic Teenager (NY Times Story - Temporary Link will open in new window if still available) How a developmental, individual differences, relationship-based approach works for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
Dream, An Inspirational Poem by Jeiri Flores
Living with ALS Physicist Stephen Hawking discusses his personal history and feelings.
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