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Why we had to make “Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors”

Why we had to make “Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors”

by C. Jean Grover | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

The fact that the world still thinks there were no — or very few — thalidomide survivors born in the US is still a source of amazement for me. We have done an exceptional job, I feel, of documenting our story in this website, and traffic has increased each...
My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 3

My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 3

by GJ Pierce Leptien | Apr 24, 2021 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MINISERIES Less than a year after that lonely horrid hospital stay we moved to Massachusettes (from Va.) 1st time we lived off an Army base. We had a super cool kid-friendly house cuz the entire daylight basement was turned into a playhouse for me...
My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 2

My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 2

by GJ Pierce Leptien | Apr 17, 2021 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MINISERIES I was born in Germany to white American parents stationed in Frankfurt. My mother had always been worried she’d get pregnant but never really wanted children. My sister was born 8 years my senior. She was born unable to move her...
My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 1

My Life in Shorthand — Chapter 1

by GJ Pierce Leptien | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, US Thalidomide Story

An autoBIOGRAPHICAL MINISERIES Part One of how Thalidomide affected my life…. Do you remember that Steve Martin movie where his character starts out by saying “I was born a poor black child.” ? He said that cuz everyone he looked at, his whole...
USTS to welcome Professor Vargesson as first in our Online Speaker Series

USTS to welcome Professor Vargesson as first in our Online Speaker Series

by C. Jean Grover | Aug 25, 2020 | News Coverage, News Releases, US Thalidomide Story

It’s time to register for the 1st session of the US Thalidomide Survivors 2020-21 Online Speaker Series! For this 1.5 hour session on 9/19/2020 8:00 AM PDT/11:00 AM EDT/4:00 PM Aberdeen, Scotland Time, we welcome Professor Neil Vargesson. Prof. Vargesson is...
New York Times Story Features US Thalidomide Survivors

New York Times Story Features US Thalidomide Survivors

by US Thalidomide Survivors | Mar 23, 2020 | News Coverage, US Thalidomide Story

The New York Times published a four-part article today about US Thalidomide Survivors. Reporter Katie Thomas, tells the story of a group of people, born in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s with birth defects consistent with in utero exposure to...
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