Dismantling the Disability

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>desire to belong</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> in a world that poses challenge after challenge has driven Erin K. Pieper to have to be more patient than she ever thought would be necessary. To </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>have </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>to be understanding and to not only accept but integrate physical limitations as part of her everyday life. </span></p><p><br></p><p>Twelve years after her initial diagnosis of a rare and little-known disease called Friedreich's Ataxia Erin shares her struggles in navigating the world not only with this degenerative disease but also while being a single mother.</p><p><br></p><p>Erin shares her life story while unveiling her vulnerable and kind heart. She shares the raw and honest truth of her struggles while systematically informing us all on such a rare disease giving <em>voice</em> to the voiceless.</p><p><br></p><p>While she educates she emotes. She advocates. Her memoir evokes such empathy for the disabled community as well as single struggling mothers everywhere. </p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>You'll laugh. You'll cry. And you'll surely open your mind to new and creative possibilities for how the world could be if we made it more accessible to the least able-bodied among us. </span></p><p><br></p>