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Voices of SPS: Shane James
In December 2020, Shane James will attempt to traverse, on foot, his native Tasmania and back ... 547mi/880km in all. Listen to Shane explai
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Voices of SPS: Joy Lwangu
Without SPS awareness in the medical community in Kenya, a lack of access to reliable insurance, and her own reluctance early on to undergo
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Voices of SPS: Meg Bayer
If there is anyone who knows how to navigate a rare disease, it’s Meg Bayer. I recently had the pleasure of connecting with Meg, an amazing
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Voices of SPS: Dr. Kelly Morgan
She had been a physician for 21 years and never heard of Stiff Person Syndrome, until she was diagnosed with it. Dr. Kelly Morgan faced tha
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Voices of SPS: Janie Lees
The perplexing symptoms came in her mid-50’s: she couldn’t walk down stairs well, her legs felt heavy in the pool, she developed Type I diab
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Voices of SPS: Tisha Foster
She calls herself “a bullhorn in stilettos.” A former model who was diagnosed with SPS in 2011, Tisha Foster recently published her memoir,
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Voices of SPS: Darrell Cherry
One year ago, SPS hit Darrell Cherry out of the blue and changed everything for him – and his wife, Erica – dramatically. For more than 30 y
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Voices of SPS: Alexandra Stamatopoulou
“Focus on what you can do” says 34-year-old Alexandra Stamatopoulou, a Greek swimmer with SPS who won the bronze medal in the Women’s 50m ba
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