Growing up believing that excelling in athletics earned her dad’s approval,  Cindy* knew the diagnosis of a disease which affected her motor and sensory nerves would cause him to treat her as a “less than.” The same way he had already begun to treat her younger brothers who also had Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease….

Reaching a 50th birthday is a milestone to many, but to Kandy and her family, it was cause for a HUGE celebration. When Kandy was born in 1963 with a diagnosis of chromosomal translocation, her family knew her life expectancy might not be the same as her non-disabled peers. But after fifty years, Kandy* is…