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I hope you will sign up for this free newsletter and tell your friends about it as well. In the coming issues, I will interview people with disabilities doing great things in their world. We will gain insight and perspective on some of the reading material in today's market for families of impacted by disability and get some insight on the stigmas and myths still held toward people with disabilities--yes, even in this our 21st Century! I hope to hear from you regarding how you are living and thriving with a disability or how knowing someone close to you with a disability has affected your life. Hopefully, we will learn some new ways to cope with life regardless of whether we acquired a disability from birth, later on due to illness or injury and as find out how others maintain balance and joy in our lives.

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