Invisible
After I briefly lost my vision, I realized I couldn’t read. At 44 I had a stroke. I had no muscle weakness or paralysis. Reading, comprehension and “input overload” are my invisible disabilities.
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My husband's name is Michael Wasnorowicz. He had a stroke Feb 17, 2014 while already in the hospital. He still
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I graduated high school in 1942. Eight months later I joined the Army. First, in Engineers group and then I
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In 2005, I found myself working with several stroke survivors as a Speech Language Pathologist. One stroke survivor in particular
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