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Survival In Wiedreich's Ataxia

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What is survival? The book Gabe & Izzy by Gabrielle Ford with Sarah Thomson is a perfect example of survival! Survival means to live or exist in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances. In this book Gabe survives a diagnosis of Friedreich’s Ataxia, which causes her to be bullied everyday at school. She also experiences the death of her dog and best friend, Izzy. Unfortunately, Gabe was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder called Friedreich's Ataxia. after that she got bullied even more. She knew that she would soon have to be in a wheelchair. She also had to quit her passion ballet. A few days before Gabe’s twentieth birthday things started looking up for the disease stricken young lady. Gabe met her soon to be best

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