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Patricia Alejandra Campos is a 15-year-old girl from Tuxtla Gutierrez, C...
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Patricia Alejandra Campos is a 15-year-old girl from Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Born with serious physical limitations, she now is a freshman in high school. She spends most of the time in her wheelchair doing her daily routine. Patricia Alejandra was born with a developmental disability called Myelomeningocele which is a defect in the development of the spinal cord resulting in paralysis and is often associated with Hydrocephalus, the abnormal fluid retention in the brain.
Patricia Alejandra's family wanted to find some solutions to her limitations when she was growing up but unfortunately no doctors wanted to take her case. Her parents took her to several hospitals, clinics and other centers asking for help because it was thought her case was terminal. She will never move again, said many doctors to Patricia Alejandra's mother. But, her mother did not give up and continued looking for help hoping that someone would give them an opportunity to help Patricia Alejandra.
For many years Patricia Alejandra's mother faced a daily battle with doctors and hospitals trying to find services for her daughter often unsuccessfully. In 2001, she registered her daughter in a special center for children with disabilities. From Tuxtla where Patricia Alejandra was born, she and her mother rode an old bus for approximately 600 kilometers every time she needed to go for a special treatment in the adjoining state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
After nine surgeries, Patricia Alejandra still keeps her optimism like the dreams of many other young girls. She does not feel bad anymore when people look at her or make comments about her disabilities. The dream Patricia Alejandra holds most dear is that someday she will be able to walk.
Now, Patricia Alejandra's mother has managed to rent a little room close to Oaxaca to avoid the difficult ride from her home in Tuxtla hoping to find treatment soon. As Patricia Alejandra matures she faces a daily risk of heart attack because of her disabilities.
Life is difficult for this family who face a daily struggle of survival in a little town in Mexico while keeping faith and hope that Patricia Alejandra will be able to walk.
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Maria's Dream became a reality when The Academy of Special Dreams and so...
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Maria's Dream became a reality when The Academy of Special Dreams and some Special needs residents from Pasadena California helped in the production of her 3rd music video this Fall 2010.
Her beautiful and romantic voice brings happiness to many people like her that are in a daily battle against cancer. Maria Lara is an inspiration for the Academy of Special Dreams.
To hear more music by Maria Lara please look under Blog and Artists.
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Here you can read about the research we fund and conduct to help discover breast cancer's causes and find new treatments. We've been involved in many major breast cancer research breakthroughs of the last century, including discovering lifesaving treatments that improve breast cancer survival and showing that mammography is effective in detecting breast cancer early.
Or, learn how you can fight back with us by volunteering for one of our patient support programs, rallying with your community in a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event, sending an email mammogram reminder to someone you care about, or speaking out in support of laws that help fight breast cancer.
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The Academy of Special Dreams will strive to provide every enthusiastic ...
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The Academy of Special Dreams will strive to provide every enthusiastic supporter with an opportunity to assist in our mission to encourage, promote and showcase the artistic expressions of artists with disabilities. We invite your ideas and will seek ways to work collaboratively with you. For example, if you can help publicize the mission of the Special Academy among your network of family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, you can become a "Community Ambassador" in your community. We will provide you with all necessary materials and technical support for maximizing the outreach about the mission of the Academy of Special Dreams.
Please contact either Michael Dergar, President & CEO, by e-mail at specialacademy@gmail.com, or Jerry J. Ruiz, Director of Administration, by e-mail at JJR@speciacademy.org, to discuss your ideas on how you can support the mission of the Academy of Special Dreams.
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an Art Exhibition featuring Artists with disabilities hosted by the Los ...
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an Art Exhibition featuring Artists with disabilities hosted by the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles California, which will be on display during the entire month of November 2011 at the City Hall Lobby on the 3rd floor. The exhibition will feature original paintings, and other works of art by: Jhovana Cecena, Todd Tostado, Annie Young, Martin Vogel, Warren Vaness, Hugo Velasco and Tom Doyle and many other artists from the United States. "We believe that all persons, regardless of their disabilities, should have equal opportunities to express their talents and to be successful in the Arts," said Michael Dergar, President and CEO of the Pasadena-based Academy of Special Dreams Foundation. This Art Exhibition is another opportunity for us to encourage, promote and showcase the artistic expressions of these amazing artists from around the country. We give many thanks to the Department of Disability for giving us this opportunity and for supporting the artists of the Academy of Special Dreams Foundation." This Art Exhibition is a testament to the creativity of our friends in the special needs community and we encourage everyone to stop by the Los Angeles City Hall Lobby to see their works of art." The Art Exhibition will be on display at the Los Angeles City Hall Lobby, 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012, from November 1 -- 30, 2011. For further information or directions, please call the City Hall Office (213)-473-7001 # # # # About Academy of Special Dreams The Academy of Special Dreams Foundation is a California non-profit public benefit corporation based in Pasadena, California, and is recognized as a tax-exempt IRC 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. The mission of the Special Academy is to increase public awareness, appreciation and recognition of the creative talents of people with disabilities by providing opportunities that encourage, promote and showcase their artistic expressions. More information about the Special Academy can be found at www.specialacademy.org
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specialacademy2009 uploaded a new video
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an Art Exhibition featuring Artists with disabilities hosted by the Los ...
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an Art Exhibition featuring Artists with disabilities hosted by the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles California, which will be on display during the entire month of November 2011 at the City Hall Lobby on the 3rd floor. The exhibition will feature original paintings, and other works of art by: Jhovana Cecena, Todd Tostado, Annie Young, Martin Vogel, Warren Vaness, Hugo Velasco and Tom Doyle and many other artists from the United States. "We believe that all persons, regardless of their disabilities, should have equal opportunities to express their talents and to be successful in the Arts," said Michael Dergar, President and CEO of the Pasadena-based Academy of Special Dreams Foundation. This Art Exhibition is another opportunity for us to encourage, promote and showcase the artistic expressions of these amazing artists from around the country. We give many thanks to the Department of Disability for giving us this opportunity and for supporting the artists of the Academy of Special Dreams Foundation." This Art Exhibition is a testament to the creativity of our friends in the special needs community and we encourage everyone to stop by the Los Angeles City Hall Lobby to see their works of art." The Art Exhibition will be on display at the Los Angeles City Hall Lobby, 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012, from November 1 -- 30, 2011. For further information or directions, please call the City Hall Office (213)-473-7001 # # # # About Academy of Special Dreams The Academy of Special Dreams Foundation is a California non-profit public benefit corporation based in Pasadena, California, and is recognized as a tax-exempt IRC 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. The mission of the Special Academy is to increase public awareness, appreciation and recognition of the creative talents of people with disabilities by providing opportunities that encourage, promote and showcase their artistic expressions. More information about the Special Academy can be found at www.specialacademy.org
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Are you using cool text to speech cartoons to promote your businesses yet? There are a few I did on my channel (in particular to capitalize on Pennsylvania Energy Deregulation).
I like em because they are different, catchy and easy to make. Let's connect and share our marketing ideas and even discuss partnering up to make each other more money. I have over 1 million reps in various companies. My blog will explain my focus and bio. mikekollerdotcom