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Follow on Google News | Beating the Odds: How a Passion for the Arts Helped Save a Young Canadian’s LifeDevastating diagnosis inspires and fuels artist’s work.
Battling the deadly dermatomyosistis, a disease that causes overproduction of calcium, as well as excruciating arthritis, Alison was determined to achieve all of her dreams. Even if it meant doing it from a wheelchair. “Without the support of my family, friends and those like the Rainbow Society in the community that saw my potential, I wouldn’t have been able to continue to fight this debilitating disease and achieve my goals as a writer, singer and dancer. I’m living proof that if you have the passion and drive, you can overcome anything,” says Neuman who is a member of Edmonton’s iDANCE, a dance group that is open to every person’s ability and challenges. Alison recently published her first book Ice Rose an action-packed super agent story that pulls from her own life experiences and tells the story of a young girl Elissa, who struggles when an accident ends her dancing and puts her in a wheelchair. Alison wrote the story for the girl she was when she first needed to use a wheelchair to navigate around the world. She celebrates living a life that isn’t ‘normal’ and hopes that many young adults around the world will enjoy her new publication. “Spending time in Elissa’s world in Ice Rose enabled Alison to escape her own reality and to recharge and continue reaching for her dreams. Today she is active in iDance and is working on her next book Hindsight. To learn more about Alison visit www.alisonneuman.ca -30- To book an interview contact Rachel Sentes, Publicist Rachel@gal-fridaypublicity.com 604-366-7846 # # # gal-friday is a publicist, and freelance writer She works with authors, agents, publishers, businesses and cool arts causes. She is partnered with Brian Wood- a non-fiction literary agent in Vancouver to maximize publicity exposure End
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