Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $10,604
13%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 13%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: beatingtheodds

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • 24-year-old becomes first-known person with autism to practice law at Florida firm

    02/19/2019 2:35:43 PM PST · by SMGFan · 35 replies
    wbtv ^ | February 18, 2019
    Twenty-one years after she was diagnosed with autism, 24-year-old Haley Moss, who was recently sworn into the Florida Bar, says she doesn’t let others’ expectations define her, instead embracing her strengths and differences. Moss is a published author, a law school graduate and a practicing lawyer, but when she was diagnosed with autism at 3 years old, doctors didn’t think she would accomplish any of those things. She says the doctors told her parents she would likely never graduate from high school, get a driver’s license or even make a friend. But Moss was determined to defy the doctors’ low...
  • Jeff Head Update May 1, 2010

    05/01/2010 12:20:09 PM PDT · by Gail_Head · 60 replies · 1,052+ views
    5/1/10 | Gail Head
    Jeff finished his second surgery last night/this morning at 1 am (after 17 hours). The good news is that he is doing well. He has a lot of swelling from being in a face down position for so long, but they are keeping him intibateed (a breathing tube) and sedated until tomorrow. There was a little problem with some bleeding, but our prayers were heard and the doctors' hands were guided to correct it quickly. The bad news is that he will have to have one more "minor" (3 hour) surgery later in the week to do the bone graft....