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When I was growing up my friend across the street was paralyzed with spina bifida. Right after High School I started volunteering for a group called Citizens Advocacy. I was paired with a man slightly older than I was. Peter had an amazing memory, a stutter and a hard time with eye contact, social cues and sometimes basic skills. Until I moved to College Peter and I would go to all the usual activities two friends would go to. Around this time I also participated as the chief line judge (I was the only one to wear the black pants and white shirt required) of the first Special Olympics in Windsor Canada. I became friends with several athletes and continued to see them on a social basis. At this same time I joined St. Johns Ambulance and would volunteer to perform the personal hygene and daily living skills of people that were 100% paralyzed but were in town to speak at conventions. We also trained in first aid and more and were volunteer responders. I was a paramedic for over 10 years when Cameron was born and had witnessed care for people with disabilities that still haunt me. While witnessing this, I vowed that if there was ever a chance to change things, I would. I was then blessed with Camerons birth. Since that time, I have been focused on trying to provide quality of life solutions for people with moderate or severe disabilities. The people that society forgets.

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