Thank
God my hush-hush days are over; I'm Free to tell the Truth..I was
recently dropped as a client on a lawsuit about Thalidomide...They said I
was too old, the statue of limitations were over and I didn't have
enough evidence...I'm only 50 years old...HUM, have you seen those
pictures of the Thalidomide babies? At birth and naked, I looked totally
devastated too...Of course many of the Thalidomide
babies were worse off that me, so I know I'm Blessed; however, we need
to be compensated... I'm speaking out for them too. I'm The Advocate for
Change in this situation...You might say, why didn't you speak out
earlier Tawana; I couldn't, it was like a gag-order-don't speak-don't
tell the Truth about Tha-li-do-mide Thalidomide...Tawana Williams
As I think back over my life, I realize that
God had his hands on me; that's why I am The Advocate for Change and I
will make a difference in their lives...That's why I'm speaking out. The
Truth about Thalidomide is going to be a Blessing one
day because the Truth shall make you free and I'm working on my Debut
Movie "Unarmed But Dangerous" and now I can speak out in the Movie
too...Hallelujah! God gave me this platform for a reason and I'm going
to use it for his glory and to help others that won't, can't or don't
know how to speak out for themselves... Tha-li-do-mide Thalidomide... Motivational Speaker/Author Tawana Williams www.TawanaWilliams.com
Thalidomide was released into the market in
1957 in West Germany under the label of Contergan. The German drug
company Chemie Grünenthal (now Grünenthal) developed and sold the drug.
Primarily prescribed as a sedative or hypnotic, thalidomide
also claimed to cure “anxiety, insomnia, gastritis, and tension."
Afterwards it was used against nausea and to alleviate morning sickness
in pregnant women. Thalidomide became an over the counter drug in
Germany on October 1, 1957, and could be bought without a prescription.
Shortly after the drug was sold, in Germany, between 5,000 and 7,000
infants were born with malformation of the limbs (phocomelia). Only 40%
of these children survived. The statistic was given that “50 percent of
the mothers with deformed children had taken thalidomide during the
first trimester of pregnancy.” Throughout Europe, Australia, and the
United States, 10,000 cases were reported of infants with phocomelia;
only 50% of the 10,000 survived. Those subjected to thalidomide while in
the womb experienced limb deficiencies in a way that the long limbs
either were not developed or presented themselves as stumps. Other
effects included: deformed eyes, hearts, alimentary, and urinary tracts,
and blindness and deafness. I'm a Tha-li-do-mide Thalidomide baby... Please LIKE, SHARE & Pass it on...https://www.facebook.com/thetruthaboutthalidomide Tawana Williams 252-291-6081
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Empowering the Community of Wilmington, NC
this Tuesday November 24, 2013 from 6-8pm a FREE Event, Featuring
Motivational Speaker/Author Tawana Williams from Wilson, NC. “No More
Excuses” Tawana was born without arms and impaired use of her
legs...She's a force to be reckoned with! "Unarmed But Dangerous" The
Movement, The Message and The Movie Coming Soon to a Theater near
you...See the flier & See you there...www.TawanaWilliams.com
50 Years ago President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and his Legacy continues to live through me-Tawana Williams; what a Blessing!
This in Remembrance of President John F. Kennedy for the great Blessings that he bestowed upon my life 50
years ago...In my Best Selling Book "Unarmed But Dangerous" my mother
tells our story about how President John F. Kennedy intervened in my
life in 1963...The Legacy continues!
With the help of her
mother, Tawana’s grandmother, this young mother learned how to care for
her child and coped as best as she could. After many attempts to receive
assistance from the Department of Human Services, in desperation she
sat down and wrote a letter to then-President of the United States, John
F. Kennedy. What happened as a result of that letter amazed the young
mother.
President Kennedy’s office wrote instructing her where
to go for help for her challenged child. They also contacted the same
Human Services office that had refused to assist her. That letter
changed the course of my life...After that and because of the
President's courageous act of kindness and intervention Tawana, at
eleven months old, was taken to the Cerebral Palsy Hospital at Duke
Hospital in Durham, North Carolina to be trained to use her feet as
hands.... At the time, no other Black children were there because this
was a White institution. What a Blessing you've been in my life! That's
why I am "Unarmed But Dangerous"-The Movement, The Message, The
Movie...www.TawanaWilliams.com
