My Struggles Didn’t Define Me; They Motivated Me By Mauricia Ambrose
What would you do if your kidneys failed three years after adopting a child as a single parent? It was 2015. I had been waging an all-out war against lupus for 26 years
What would you do if your kidneys failed three years after adopting a child as a single parent? It was 2015. I had been waging an all-out war against lupus for 26 years
I learned early in life about the power of perspective. As a child, I spent every August at my aunt and uncles’ horse farm in Vermont. My cousin and I would ride horses,
At the age of five, I was diagnosed with psoriasis; a chronic autoimmune disease that results in itchy or ‘scaly’ patches on my skin. The symptoms of the disorder can be painful and
The Korean war broke out in 1950. Armistice agreements between North Korea and America were officially signed in 1953, which resulted in the division of Korea into North and South at the 38th
It is that happy moment that we all remember from our childhood, the day that we are no longer alone, and we have someone we can rely on. For me, that day was
I am 81 years old and was born with a deformed right hand and deformed toes. When the nurse brought me to my parents, she had me wrapped tight. As my mom started to
Imagine that every time you pick up a newspaper or turn the page in a book, you face words that resemble a foreign language. You know it is your native language but you
Hello my name is Vinayak and I’m from India. I’m born with left a cleft hand. I’m little bit shy so I’m facing difficulty to go in public and talk to people. They
I have Tourette Syndrome (Tourette’s). Tourette’s is a neurological movement disorder. For me it means that I have “Tics” (not the bugs) which are movements and noises that I can’t control. For a
“She’s beautiful!” cried my mother, her face wet with tears as she caressed my tiny cheek. The baby that caused her and my father countless sleepless nights had finally arrived. Soon this special
When I was twenty-seven years old, I was in a fire. I was severely burned and spent six weeks in the hospital. I had five years of plastic surgery, seven years of litigation.
My name is Tracy Williams. I live with mild-moderate cerebral palsy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cerebral palsy affects my lower extremities, fine motor skills and my rate of speech, but not my
“My name is Laurie Zappulla and here is my pitch!” That is the opening line for all TEDx speakers and I voiced my pitch this past March. In 1979, a week before my