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From Wheelchair to Paralympics Dream: Melanie's Journey of Resilience

Student athlete, Melanie, pushed through two autoimmune conditions, ADEM and Juvenile Dermatomyositis, to continue her athletic journey.

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After a diagnosis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), Melanie’s brain and spinal cord damage left her to become a wheel-chair user.

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