Kate WalkerApr 72 minBeing a 2 and Having a Disability If you haven't heard of the Enneagram personalities, I highly recommend you look it up and take the test https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-te...
Kate WalkerMar 292 minSocial DistancingHaving a rare disease and a heart condition puts me in the high risk zone for having complications if I got the coronavirus. Because of this, I have been on ...
Kate WalkerFeb 131 minWelcome to the new and improved website!Hi everyone! Make it Happen CureFA is now a 501(c)(3), non-profit! We have been working on this for so long and would love for you to look around the website...
Kate WalkerJun 12, 20194 minhealth & fitness with a disabilityThis week’s post is all about getting healthy. Dun dun dunnnnnnn. Eating healthy and working out is honestly so difficult for me. If you are new here, I have...
Kate WalkerJun 28, 20182 minOrdinaryYou know that Hannah Montana song "Ordinary Girl"? If not, you didn't have a childhood and you should listen to it (I put a link to it over there -----> if y...
Kate WalkerJun 21, 20182 minHopeI know that I have built an optimistic platform and that I want to keep smiling through disability. However, I also want to let everyone know that I do not h...
Kate WalkerMay 29, 20182 minThrough My EyesWhen I look at Kate, I see my best friend. Plain and simple. I sometimes forget that she even has a disability. I see someone that will laugh with me, someon...
Kate WalkerMay 13, 20182 minFAtigueFAtigue is one of the major symptoms of Friedreich's Ataxia. Traveling, school, or even spending a day out and about wears me down. When I am tired, all of m...
Kate WalkerApr 17, 20182 minProgressionOne of the hardest things to deal with as far as FA goes is progression. Knowing that you are not going to get better is bad enough, much less knowing that y...
Kate WalkerMar 17, 20182 minA Glimpse of My FA StoryOn January 19th 2016, I was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia. I will never forget that day. I sat by my mom in the car in the parking lot of City Bites (a ...
Kate WalkerMar 10, 20183 minWhat I've Learned from Living with FAHi there! I’m Kelly, a 25-year-old living life with FA in Cleveland, Ohio. I was diagnosed at 18, and even though it is a huge factor in my life, I don’t let...
Kate WalkerMar 3, 20182 minConnectionThe need to be connected, or the need to love and be loved, are among the most basic needs that exists for people. As children, we grow with a sense of belon...
Kate WalkerFeb 23, 20182 minAn Easy Scientific Explanation of Friedreich's AtaxiaHi, my name is Shandra Trantham and I am 20 years old. I’m a student at the University of South Florida studying Cell and Molecular Biology, and I am also li...
Kate WalkerJan 2, 20181 min2017 Recap$42,000. That is how much you raised to support FA research and my family this year. $42,000. When I was first diagnosed, if you had told me that almost two ...
Kate WalkerNov 4, 20173 minFriendshipOne thing I have realized on my journey with FA is that I need my friends. I have to find the friends that will help and support me (sometimes literally!). T...
Kate WalkerSep 19, 20171 minHi!Hi! My name is Kate and I am 14 years old! I have a neuromuscular condition called Friedreich's Ataxia. Over the past year and a half of my diagnosis, I have...
