FARA Ambassador Program
Hello! My name is Brendan Halverson, I am 18 years old and live in Battle Creek, Michigan. I just graduated high school and am now beginning life as a college student at Kellogg Community College. I'm planning to study biochemistry and eventually help research FA.
When I was 10 years old, my parents noticed my abnormal walking and took me to the doctor, where I tested positive for Friedreich's Ataxia. I have had to make many adjustments because of this. In 2016, I had a spinal fusion which took me off my feet for a month, but I'm a fighter and bounced back. I have also transitioned from walking to using a walker, to now using a wheelchair.
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Join the FARA Ambassadors for a hangout for teenagers, 13-19, with ataxia (of any form). FA Teen Hangouts are hour-long web-based hangouts. If you don't have ataxia, you are not allowed to participate in the hangout. There will also be at least three adult
Hello, my name is Osama Aweek and I am a FARA ambassador! I was diagnosed when I was 11 and now I'm 18, I'll be 19 on April 16th, 2019. I'm from Tripoli, Lebanon (Asia). I failed grade 8 in my school because I was absent 75% of the time and the school wasn't very helpful. They didn't give me more time in tests or more time to study. I had to go to another city, a 3h drive once a week at least to see doctors, I met every doctor in Lebanon. Shortly after my diagnoses and I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and scoliosis.
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