Originally published on People.com on October 11, 2016 By Diana Pearl. Last week, 24-year-old Amanda Nguyen changed the way the government handles sexual assault and rape. On Friday, President Obama signed the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights — also known as H.R. 5578 — into law. The bill received…
Originally published on Upworthy on October 10, 2016 By Robbie Couch. Elliot Costello met Thea in 2013 after she’d been rescued from two years of physical and sexual abuse in a Cambodian orphanage. Thea ended up there after her father, the family’s sole breadwinner, died. Losing her father wasn’t just…
Are PTSD Survivors Weak? Here’s What My Mom Thinks PTSD is Not a Weakness. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is anything but a weakness. It is our strength. It means that we kept going. · Trauma is common. About six of every 10 US adults experience at least one trauma in…
Originally published in The Vacaville Reporter on October 3, 2016 By Kimberly K. Fu. Kimberly K. Fu — The Reporter It’s almost time for the Great Scavenger Hunt of 2016 in Vacaville, a community leader’s birthday fundraiser slated to benefit the Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club. In just under…
