Friday, January 24, 2014

Raising Awareness

In promoting The Graceful Art of Falling I have become much more aware of how many individuals are raising awareness about muscle disorders and disabilities.  I am so impressed with all that is out there and believe that we truly can make a difference.

"When American Girl announced this week that its 2014 Girl of the Year doll was a blond ballet dancer named Isabelle, at least one avid fan was crestfallen: 10-year-old Melissa Shang of Pennsylvania. And so Melissa, who has muscular dystrophy, did something about it: She launched a Change.org petition asking Mattel (which owns American Girl) to create a doll with a disability. The online petition has picked up 15,000 signatures in less than a week."

Read the full article here.  And please sign the petition!

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