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Genetic & Congenital Diseases

The Boy In The Chair

Andrew Gurza, who has cerebral palsy, has made it his life's mission to help end the taboos around sex and disability.

This Pale African Beauty Is Challenging The Stigma Of Albinism

In Nairobi, where albinos are persecuted and even killed for witchcraft, a 19-year-old model with albinism competes to be Kenya Miss Universe.

The Frog Whisperer

Tom Chick

How one man's fight against cystic fibrosis is waged in a backyard full of frogs.

Woody Guthrie And The Magicky Tree

April Kilcrease

How the famous American singer-songwriter found new ways to hope after his Huntington's diagnosis

Painting In Pain

Josh Andrew

Haiti-born artist Hertz Nazaire explains why he rejected commercial success in order to bring visibility to those, like him, suffering from Sickle-cell disorder.