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Being Small Isn't All - by Alouisa "Ali" Thames
Being Small Isn’t All. We all start out small. We begin life in the same manner. Sperm meets egg, and cells divide and die rapidly. My story is 34 years in the making, but like all of us with Turner syndrome (TS), I’ll keep it short. My walk with TS began when one of my cells in early development failed to copy and retain what was once my second X chromosome, a process called nondisjunction. That cell eventually gave rise to 88% of the cells in my body. The remnant of my seco

February is Turner Syndrome Awareness Month
by Becky Brown, TSSUS National Director of Development & Communications February is the month we all wait for with great excitement! This is the TS community's time to shine, and we've been working hard preparing a special Turner Syndrome Awareness Month Kit just for you. Our theme this year is "Be You". It's vitally important for all of us to raise awareness of Turner syndrome, but it's equally important to sometimes focus on raising self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-adv