On November 3, 1984, I was born strong and healthy without any signs of impending health complications. Similar to other new parents, my parents were excited for my life full of limitless…
Hello I’m Ayden. I am nine and I was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate. My first surgery was in my mouth when I was only six months old. I have had about…
Rheumatoid Arthritis doesn’t run in my family. Where and why I got it is still an on going mystery. But I did. Growing up I had what my family called “happy hands”. They…
My amazing husband and I have been blessed with three children from China that were “Born in our hearts,”as we like to say. This in itself presents a “visible difference”and a public challenge…
My name is Sarah Tassi – I’m a stay at home mom with my son, Preston. I’m 34 years old and live in Des Moines, IA with my husband (Jason) and our beautiful…
It was during my first mobility lesson at the Orientation Center for the Blind in Albany, California that I learned one of the reasons why blind people wear dark shades. “You should always…
Being friends with Ethan is just as fun as being friends with anyone else and actually even more. Ethan (“E”) and I met when I was three and he was two. Ethan has…
Born with Muscular Dystrophy, I never really understood why people would stare at me for more then what is the normal time to stare at someone. I would ask my parents if I…
My husband Mike and I have a daughter, Nicole Kelly, who is the current Miss Iowa title holder through the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. “Pretty incredible, especially since the Miss Iowa Pageant…
I look different than most kids at my school. The color of my skin and the texture of my hair are different, and this makes me stand out. Many kids are curious about…
When my husband and I were caught off-guard nineteen years ago when our daughter Julia was born with Down Syndrome (I was only twenty-four years old), we had a lot of, “What if’s?”…
As I sat waiting in the hospital with Brennan in the OR last week, I looked around at the worried faces of the parents around me. I was not unique. We…
I grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia and had a ” charmed”existence. Amazing parents, two brothers, beautiful house “¦the works! I have such wonderful memories of what I thought was the…