Living Well with a Disability: The Power of Love

Barbara is no stranger to challenges in her life. Her first book, Overcoming Underachievement, depicts very well the problems she faced in high school and how and why she was able to achieve her goals in life. Her life hit another milestone when she was diagnosed with a serious illness called late onset Friedreich's Ataxia. It is a form of Muscular Dystrophy that is progressive and currently Barbara is in a wheelchair. Living Well with a Disability reflects her attitude, fears, hopes, and dreams. The book is a realistic approach to understanding disabilities and some of the pain and mental strife involved in moving on and finding happiness again through options, careers, faith, family, and friends.

Barbara has many feelings of happiness and gratitude in her daily living and shares the importance of those emotions with you. Most of all, the book was written for you, your family members, and caregivers to know and understand that we certainly appreciate all they do for us, and we get it that there is sorrow in watching a loved one struggle. Welcome to Life! Let's express happiness when we can.