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WHYLD28 - From Patient to (Role) Model? Defying the Odds with VACTERL Birth Defects - Anja Christoffersen

from WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were) · host Tina Hewelt

Send us a text😳 Is disability a tragedy? 🤔 “We shouldn’t think of disability as a tragedy but it was that I could have died - which was the tragedy.” 💬 At 28 weeks of her pregnancy, Anja Christoffersen’s mom was told that her baby 👶 had no stomach and would not be able to survive. 17 years later, her beautiful daughter was walking the runway of Amsterdam Fashion Week. 💃 Between those two moments lie years of 🏥 👩‍⚕️ hospital admittances, surgeries, the fight for self-determination in Australia...

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