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SUMMARY:University of Louisville: Community - based Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Introductory Panel \nChange How You See\, See How You Change is a photography exhibition that redefines medicine as a deeply human experience. Created with local participants and University of Louisville health sciences students\, this portrait collection highlights the people behind the diagnoses—celebrating their joy\, strength\, and individuality. \nEach image tells a story\, reminding us that patients are more than their conditions—they are individuals with rich lives and identities. As you explore\, we invite you to reflect on the power of empathy in healthcare and the importance of truly seeing and understanding those we care for. \nIn partnership with POSITIVE EXPOSURE\, the University of Louisville Health Sciences Office of Health Equity and Engagement\, the KornhauserHealth Sciences Library\, and the School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics\, this exhibition underscores our shared human experiences.  \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/university-of-louisville-exhibition-and-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Lectures & Presentations,Photography and Film
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SUMMARY:The Next Leg of Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Vision Quest
DESCRIPTION:On View: October 4 – November 1\, 2026\nContact events@positiveexposure.org to arrange a visit!\n\nRSVP for:\nOctober 8 HeartCharged Event\nOctober 15 Artist Talk & Celebration\nOctober 21 Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event\nNovember 1 Aging with Pizazz! Closing Event\n \nTami Luchow\, an emerging installation artist\, presents her much-anticipated next chapter\, or “next leg\,” following her debut at Westbeth Gallery in July 2025 here at Positive Exposure Gallery. Her interactive exhibit\, titled THE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR: VISION QUEST\, showcases a diverse range of mediums\, including video\, photography\, graphic design\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, assemblage\, and interactive pieces. These elements are intricately woven with found objects related to the healthcare industry\, individuals with disabilities – both visible and invisible – and their families\, friends\, loved ones\, colleagues\, and caregivers. The exhibit challenges societal boundaries and fosters a profound sense of shared humanity.\nTHE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR\, a multi-layered and experiential series\, invites visitors to become an integral part of the artist’s circle. Luchow’s personal journey as a woman\, keynote speaker\, journalist\, author\, and artist\, along with her own experiences as someone born without her right leg is seamlessly integrated into the interactive installation. Her first book\, Poems for A Memory promotes her vision of community and belonging for all. She encourages everyone to share their own stories\, contributing to the ongoing project as it travels across the country and beyond. As Luchow passionately states\, “Dis is Life. Dis is you. Dis is me. Dis is us. DON’T DIS US\, JOIN US!”\n\nImage Description: On a blue-grey background is a close-up photograph of a woman holding a prosthetic leg in front of her face. She holds an intense gaze directly at the camera. Overlaid on her portrait is the title #DIS IS ART #DIS IS LIFE
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/the-next-leg-of-tami-luchows-dis-tour-vision-quest/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Kansas Children's Service League: 50th Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect
DESCRIPTION:Positive Exposure Photography\, exhibition and Keynote address. \nMission: To protect and promote the well-being of children. \nThree days of powerful keynote speakers\, practical workshops and networking with others who believe prevention works. \nKCSL works to create\, repair and restore healthy parent-child relationships\, which are the foundation of a strong family. This work fosters long-term positive impacts on all Kansans\, not just those we serve directly. Our work with children and families improves school readiness now so that graduation rates improve in the future.  We help families succeed now to be better parents and better employees.  We are creating a stronger\, more resilient and educated workforce for the future of Kansas.  This improves prosperity and success for all Kansas communities. \n50th Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. This annual 3-day conference brings together child welfare professional\, early childhood education staff\, home visitors\, parents/caregivers and community health workers to learn innovative approaches to preventing children and families from experiencing abuse/neglect. \nThe 50th Annual Governor’s Conference brings together professionals and leaders from across Kansas who are committed to preventing child abuse and neglect. SAVE THE DATE for three days of powerful keynote speakers\, practical workshops and networking with others who believe prevention works. Be part of this historic event as we honor 50 years of progress and look ahead to the future of prevention. \n\nOct. 20: Pre-conference Institute Sessions\nOct. 21-22: Full conference
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/kansas-childrens-service-league-50th-annual-governors-conference-for-the-prevention-of-child-abuse-neglect/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Photography and Film
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SUMMARY:Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event
DESCRIPTION:Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event\nWednesday\, October 21\, 6:30-8:30PM\nIn recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month\, join us for a discussion about women’s health and what it means to navigate life in today’s world. Our featured artist\, writer and speaker\, Tami Luchow\, will be joined by Dr. Galit Steinberg\, board-certified OB-GYN and founder of Younique Health\, and Dr. Maria Sokolina\, board-certified dentist by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.\n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/tami-luchows-dis-tour-breast-cancer-awareness-month-event/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: No One Rides Alone
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are FREE! Get yours here.\nDoors at 5pm; Screening at 6pm\nCan someone with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN) ride the route of the Tour de France? That’s what Clive Phillips and four fellow veterans set out to discover during the Tour de MMN 2025. Following the 1955 Tour de France route\, the team set out to see if they could ride in the wheel tracks of the first British Tour de France team.\nWould they overcome the challenges of the Alps\, Mont Ventoux and the Pyrenees?  Or would the impacts of this rare disease on Clive’s motor function and strength bring him and the team to a halt?\n \nFrom Making the Most of Now and the team at Silvereye films behind the award winning “One Day Ahead”. No One Rides Alone\, follows the team as they ride around France\, connect with the rare disease community and learn more about MMN and the impacts it and conditions like it have. \nFeaturing double Paralympic gold medalist Ben Watson and Italian para-triathlete Ilaria Brugnoli\, No One Rides Alone is a journey of discovery and an intimate portrait of how with team work\, positivity and a willingness to be vulnerable we can achieve the seemingly impossible. \nSet against the majesty of the French landscape and a remarkable historical achievement. No One Rides Alone tells an inspiring story that has lessons for us all whatever challenges we face. The film aims to raise awareness of MMN\, inspire the rare disease community and raise funds for MMN Research. \nAlt-Text: \nSILVER EYE FILMS\, MAKING THE MUST OF NOW Present NO ONE RIDES ALONE. Defying rare disease on the roads of the Tour de France. United States Film Tour\nWednesday 21 October – Boston\, MA: Modern Theatre\, Suffolk University\nFriday 23 October – New York\, NY: Positive Exposure Gallery\nTuesday 27 October – Philadelphia\, PA: Yellow Bicycle Theater\nWednesday 28 October – Philadelphia\, PA: Yellow Bicycle Theater\nMonday 2 November – San Francisco\, CA: Marina Theater\nWednesday 4 November – Los Angeles\, CA: Landmark Theatres Sunset\nScreenings followed by Q and A with Film Producer and featured rider Clive Phillips\nOfficial Selection: Holmlands Adventure Film Festival 2026 Sydney Lift-off Film Festival IZ Indie Film Festival 2026 FINISH LINE
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/film-screening-no-one-rides-alone/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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SUMMARY:Demystifying Disability: Celebration and Conversation with Author Emily Ladau and Xian Horn
DESCRIPTION:Join author and disability rights activist Emily Ladau for a joyful celebration of the disability community and the power of sharing our stories.\nFollowing the recent release of the updated edition of her acclaimed book\, Demystifying Disability: What to Know\, What to Say\, and How to be an Ally\, Emily will be in conversation with Xian Horn\, Founder of Give Beauty Wings\, to discuss how—in such tumultuous times—we can continue to meet people where they are in their journeys of learning about disability\, while also honoring our own needs for self-care. \nASL interpreting and CART will be provided. There will be light bites and beverages. \nCopies of the new edition of Emily’s book will be available for purchase at this event through Books on Call NYC and Emily will be doing a book signing following the conversation with Xian. \nShould you have any additional accessibility needs\, please don’t hesitate to reach out to events@positiveexposure.org\, and we will do our best to meet these needs! \nThis event is supported by Kalogon.\n\n\n \n \n\nAbout the Book:\n\nNow newly revised and expanded\, Demystifying Disability is an approachable guide that teaches you how to be a thoughtful\, informed ally to disabled people\, with actionable steps for creating a more accessible\, inclusive world.\n\nPeople with disabilities are the world’s largest minority\, an estimated 16 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act toward\, what to say to\, or how to be an ally to the disability community. This friendly handbook provides guidance on important disability issues\, including:\n\n• How to appropriately think\, talk\, and ask about disability\n• Recognizing and avoiding ableism (discrimination toward disabled\npeople)\n• Practicing good disability etiquette\, with essential tips for navigating\na world impacted by COVID-19\n• Incorporating accessibility into your standard practice\, from everyday\ncommunication to planning special events\n• Disability identity\, culture\, and history from the 1900s to now\n• Identifying and speaking up about disability stereotypes in media\nAuthored by disability rights advocate\, speaker\, and writer Emily Ladau\, this practical primer includes a brand-new discussion guide and updated recommendations for further learning\, offering readers a welcoming place to understand disability as part of the human experience.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/demystifying-disability-celebration-and-conversation-with-author-emily-ladau-and-xian-horn/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T173000
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Art and Community Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Art and Community Storytelling\nWith Artists Sal Marx and Tami Luchow\nJoin us in conversation with Tami Luchow and Sal Marx for a discussion about the non-existent roadmap we navigate as humans living with sometimes visible\, sometimes invisible differences\, diagnoses\, and disabilities. After a discussion\, we will invite you to join us and share your story in creative ways. All bodies and minds are welcome\, regardless if you identify as a caregiver\, person with a disability\, family member\, or ally.\n\nSal Marx is a visual artist\, creative director\, and chronic illness patient advocate based in Brooklyn\, NY.  They have a M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University\, where they completed a multimedia capstone exploring the intersection between visual co-creation and disability justice. They studied Public Policy\, Psychology\, and Media Studies at Pomona College.  Recently\, they were a panelist at the Graphic Medicine Conference at Johns Hopkins\, speaking about visual projects within chronic illness communities. They have conducted qualitative research culminating in A Graphic Guide to Palliative Care at the Vienna General Hospital\, which is now being adapted for pediatric palliative care use at Akron Children’s Hospital. Sal’s work has been shown in the Lied Art Gallery\, the Royal Alberta Museum\, and has been published on various platforms including Intima\, A Journal of Narrative Medicine; Johns Hopkins University Press\, and WebMD.  Sal serves on the board of directors of Sick Futures Collective and the advocacy board of the Spondylitis Association of America. \nTami Luchow\, an emerging installation artist\, presents her much-anticipated next chapter\, or “next leg\,” following her debut at Westbeth Gallery in July 2025 here at Positive Exposure Gallery. Her interactive exhibit\, titled THE NEXT LEG OF THE DIS TOUR: VISION QUEST\, showcases a diverse range of mediums\, including video\, photography\, graphic design\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, assemblage\, and interactive pieces. These elements are intricately woven with found objects related to the healthcare industry\, individuals with disabilities – both visible and invisible – and their families\, friends\, loved ones\, colleagues\, and caregivers. The exhibit challenges societal boundaries and fosters a profound sense of shared humanity.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/storytelling-event-with-sal-marx-tami-luchow/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T170000
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SUMMARY:University at Buffalo\, School of Dental Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Buffalo Speaks: A  Story Collection of Individuals\, Families\, Friends and Caregivers \nAn amazing day photographing and interviewing people living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their families and friends in Buffalo. We will also gather caregiver perspectives to support development of provider education modules on oral health care. \nImages from our 2023 Collaboration!!!
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/a-day-at-university-of-buffalo-school-of-dental-medicine/
LOCATION:University at Buffalo\, School of Dental Medicine\, Buffalo\, New York
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Photography and Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T183000
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SUMMARY:Tami Luchow's Dis Tour: Aging with PIZAZZ!
DESCRIPTION:Aging with PIZAZZ!\nSunday\, November 1\, 3:30-6:30pm\nAdd some spark to your life: Join Sustainable Designer and AdvancedStyle Film Star Debra Rapoport\, along with our featured artist\, writer and speaker\, Tami Luchow\, as they discuss aging with PIZAZZ. Staying true to Debra’s own mantra\, “Where there is creativity there are NO rules. Where there are NO rules\, there is NO fear!” After all\, DIS IS ART. DIS IS LIFE. DIS IS LONGEVITY.\n  \n \n 
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/closing-event-the-next-leg-of-tami-luchows-dis-tour/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T170000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Access: Disability\, Intimacy & Sexual Health
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Access: A candid conversation about disability\, intimacy\, sexuality & sexual health\, and exploring what it means to feel fully seen.\n\n\n\n\nAccess asks whether someone can participate. But moving beyond access means asking deeper questions: What matters to people? What helps them feel empowered\, connected\, and fulfilled?\nRSVP Here\n\n\n \n\nSexuality is more than physical function or healthcare access. It is part of being human\, shaped by our bodies\, identities\, relationships\, and lived experiences. Everyone deserves the dignity\, autonomy\, and support to define a fulfilling intimate life on their own terms.\n\n\n\nBeyond Access begins with an open house featuring community organizations working at the intersection of disability\, healthcare\, and sexual health. Explore resources\, ask questions\, and connect with representatives from In This Body Project\, STEPS2\, and NYU Langone’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities. More information about each organization can be found below. \nThe afternoon continues with a moderated conversation featuring Maya Moore\, a model\, writer\, content creator\, and disability advocate. Through fashion\, beauty\, and storytelling\, Maya challenges stereotypes about disability and advocates for greater representation and inclusion. Together\, we’ll explore disability and sexuality\, intimacy and relationships\, sexual health\, and how our bodies and identities shape the ways we connect with ourselves and others. \nThrough lived experience\, candid questions\, and perspectives from the disability community\, we’ll explore what it means to move beyond access alone. Because true inclusion means recognizing that intimacy and sexuality are deeply connected to autonomy\, connection\, pleasure\, and the ability to participate fully in life. \nCome curious. Come ready to listen. And come ready to talk about the things we don’t talk about enough. \nAdmission is free. If you’d like to support the Forum’s ongoing work\, please consider making a donation of $10–$15: Donate to the Forum. \n\n  \n\nAlt-Text: THE FORUM ON FEMALE SEXUAL MEDICINE INVITES YOU TO BEYOND ACCESS: DISABILITY\, INTIMACY AND SEXUAL HEALTH. HOSTED AT POSITIVE EXPOSURE GALLERY. Saturday\, Nov 7 2026\, 2-5pm. 4th Floor\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY. A CONVERSATION WITH MAYA MOORE & ADITI MAHAJAN M.D.\, M.ED. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: CUNY\, SPH\, STEPS2: Socialization to Enrich Participation & Support Sexuality for Young People with I/DD. NYU Langone Health Initiative for Women with Disabilities. In This Body: A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND PHOTOS OF INTIMACY THROUGH THE DISABLED LENS.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/beyond-access-disability-intimacy-sexual-health/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T200000
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SUMMARY:SAL MARX: CHRONIC IS FOREVER — Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Sal’s multimedia art exhibition!\nThe show features a collection of paintings\, drawings\, wire sculpture\, and more\, alongside a visual storytelling series created with chronic illness communities.\nYou will also be invited to engage with interactive\, participatory artwork.\nRSVP for the Opening Celebration above or contact events@positiveexposure.org to schedule a viewing. \n \nArtist Statement \nAs with many people who have ever been asked the question\, Please Rate Your Pain on a Scale of 1-10: I know deeply the frustration and inadequacy of expressing one’s body/mind through the languages of boxes and binaries by way of numbers and words.  My artwork explores how invisible experiences can be transformed through visual mediums\, especially amidst reductive ways of thinking: sick/healthy\, man/woman\, visible/invisible. My complementary practices in graphic medicine\, and gender and disability justice are deeply connected to an urgency in image-making\, and to allow for unseen experiences to be brought to life and wrestled with. \nI work across multimedia as both a practical and creative choice. As a person with chronic illness\, my access needs change daily: jumping from acrylic to oil paint\, to wire sculpture and typewritten text allows me to start and stop in a medium and on a timeline that my body dictates. Moreover\, the limited color palette I work in mirrors the limitations that language offers for subject matter about pain and gender expression. I build visual constraints into my practice to allow for the act of creation itself to become expansive and liberatory. \nMy collaborative work combines oral history\, visual world-building\, and narrative medicine practices of co-authorship. Above all\, I aim to center patient voices and translate lived experiences as a means to restore agency that is far-too commonly erased in the medical industrial complex. \nBio\nSAL MARX is a visual artist\, creative director\, and chronic illness patient advocate based in Brooklyn\, NY.  They have a M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University\, where they completed a multimedia capstone exploring the intersection between visual co-creation and disability justice. They studied Public Policy\, Psychology\, and Media Studies at Pomona College.  Recently\, they were a panelist at the Graphic Medicine Conference at Johns Hopkins\, speaking about visual projects within chronic illness communities. They have conducted qualitative research culminating in A Graphic Guide to Palliative Care at the Vienna General Hospital\, which is now being adapted for pediatric palliative care use at Akron Children’s Hospital. Sal’s work has been shown in the Lied Art Gallery\, the Royal Alberta Museum\, and has been published on various platforms including Intima\, A Journal of Narrative Medicine; Johns Hopkins University Press\, and WebMD.   \nSal serves on the board of directors of Sick Futures Collective and the advocacy board of the Spondylitis Association of America.\n  \nImage Description: Positive Exposure Gallery poster with the text “SAL MARX: CHRONIC IS FOREVER” and an image of art featuring two skeletons sitting on a blue bench. The background is black and red\, with a white crescent moon\, and the foreground is golden yellow. The skeletons are drawn in a semi-abstract way\, in thick grey\, white\, black\, yellow\, and red marks. Their hands are holding at the center of the blue bench.
URL:https://positiveexposure.org/event/chronic-is-forever-opening-celebration/
LOCATION:Positive Exposure Gallery\, 83 Maiden Lane\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:PE Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T150000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Avra Wing — Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing
DESCRIPTION:Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\nReading and Discussion with Avra Wing\n \nStride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\nA Memoir of Survival\, Love and Healing\nIn her powerful and moving memoir\, Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing\, novelist Avra Wing tells the story of the moment her life was irrevocably altered—and the courageous journey that followed.\nOn a quiet day in Park Slope\, Brooklyn\, an out-of-control car jumped the curb and struck Wing as she strolled with her three-year-old son\, Eli. In a split second\, she shielded her child from harm\, saving his life. Wing’s own injuries\, however\, were catastrophic: her right leg required amputation above her knee\, and she spent weeks recovering at Bellevue Hospital and then months relearning how to walk at Rusk Institute.\nAt the time\, Wing was a rising literary voice. Her debut novel\, Angie\, had been adapted into a feature film starring Geena Davis and James Gandolfini. After the accident\, everything changed. In the early days of recovery\, she questioned whether she wanted to go on at all\, veering from despair to denial of her changed body. But she was sustained by the fierce love of her husband and their two sons\, and the community she found at Rusk Institute.\nIn Stride\, Wing writes with great honesty about trauma\, identity\, and the long path toward self- acceptance: “Right after my accident\,” she writes\, “I was not thinking about what it meant to be disabled. I was focused on being disfigured … I saw my injury as a manifestation of something interior that was ‘off\,’ wrong\, ugly—a feeling I have had since childhood.”\nYet Stride is also a story of strength passed across generations. Wing recalls her beloved grandmother\, who lost her sight to glaucoma yet lived with independence and dignity after emigrating from Belarus. As a child\, Wing never thought of her as limited: “She was proud\, intelligent\, capable\, caring . . . In fact\, when I was little\, I thought all grandmothers were blind.”\nIn Stride\, Wing shows how she struggled to parent her two young sons and the decision to adopt a child from China years later. Ultimately family love sustained her as did community and creativity.\nFor more than a decade\, Wing has led a writing workshop at Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York City\, where participants with a wide range of disabilities create expressive work each week. Through these connections—and through unexpected sources of joy\, like Zumba classes offered by NYU Langone Health’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities—she began to recognize her body not as broken\, but as capable of movement and expression. Stride is a testament to the human capacity to endure pain and find meaning after terrible loss.\n  \nAbout the Author \nAvra Wing is a novelist and teacher whose debut novel\, Angie\, was adapted into a feature film starring Geena Davis and James Gandolfini. She has led writing workshops for people with disabilities since 2009 and is a passionate advocate for creative expression as a path to healing. She has three adult children and lives with her husband and cats in Brooklyn. \n \nADVANCE PRAISE \n“Drawing on witness accounts\, police records\, and medical files in addition to Wing’s own memories\, this account of the accident\, the surgery\, and the recovery period is visceral and comprehensive. Psychiatric insights are also used to articulate the extended psychological trauma of losing a limb and Wing’s feelings of shame and disfigurement. The self-aware prose untangles months of denial without sentimentality.” —Michele Sharpe\, Foreword Reviews \n“Stride is a thoughtful and candid memoir that examines the aftermath of a sudden\, life-altering injury. Avra Wing resists a conventional ‘overcoming adversity’ narrative . . . Her reflections on embodiment\, identity\, and visibility are particularly compelling . . . a reflective and engaging read\, especially for those interested in the lived experience of illness and recovery.” —Dr. Rana Awdish\, bestselling author of In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope and the forthcoming After Shock. \n“Stride is . . . layered with hard-won insight\, grace\, and wisdom for the ages—and for the moments right in front of us. . . . Her voice is so engaging that you feel that if you met her\, you could pick up the conversation she has with herself and the reader and talk long into the night.” —Elizabeth Benedict\, author of Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 30 Years of Positive Exposure!
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