Dana Reeve Describes Need to Find Normalcy in Life in Column for AccessLife.com.Business/Entertainment/Feature Editors TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000 Dana Reeve Dana Reeve (March 17 1961 – March 6 2006) was an American actress, singer, and activist for disability causes. She was also the wife of actor Christopher Reeve. Early life and family Reeve was born Dana Charles Morosini , actor, performer, host of the daily cable program "Lifetime Live" and wife of actor and activist Christopher Reeve writes about the need to find normalcy nor·mal·cy n. Normality. Noun 1. normalcy - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning normality for herself and her family in her monthly column appearing on Sept. 8 on AccessLife.com. AccessLife.com is a web portal See portal. providing news, information and more than 6,000 products to America's 54-million member disability community and their caregivers. Each month, Dana Reeve shares her experiences and feelings as a caregiver of a person with a disability with America through her column on AccessLife.com. This month she writes about the challenges and joys of daily family life. "One of the greatest things I aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for is a sense of normalcy," she writes. "Now, this may not seem like a tremendous achievement, but in a family such as ours, normalcy is a rare and wonderful commodity. Life with a disability, no matter how well you've adapted or how active you are able to be, is -- and there is no politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but way to say this - well, different. Now, different is not necessarily bad, but different can be challenging, or frustrating or isolating." Charles O'Neill, president of AccessLife.com, said it is important to discuss publicly the challenges that face all caregivers so that we understand the sacrifices made in their care of loved ones. "Dana's willingness to share her experiences every month provides an opportunity for broader exposure to the invaluable role caregivers play in health care today," O'Neill said. Dana Reeve has been honored by "CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. This Morning" as one of America's Outstanding Women for her strength and commitment to her husband and family. Reeve was also awarded the Visiting Nurses Association's Caregiver's Courage Award, which is now named in her honor. She is an advocate for the rights of the disability community and serves on the boards of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, World T.E.A.M. Sports and The National Family Caregivers Association. Reeve is the author of the best-selling 1999 book, "Care Packages - Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends." She lives in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with her husband and children. Accesslife.com is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of TechHealth, Inc. in Tampa, Fla. TechHealth is a privately held health care and technology and software development company. For more information on TechHealth or its subsidiary AccessLife, contact Charles O'Neill at (813) 248-3788 or at coneill@accesslife.com. |
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