BEING GRACE. A STORY FOR CHILDREN ABOUT SCOLIOSIS - Tecno-Libro

Being Grace intends to raise awareness of Scoliosis and shows us the emotional consequences of the condition through the story of Grace, a young giraffe who is diagnosed at an early age. . With her curved neck, Grace finds herself bullied at school because she looks different from the other giraffes. . But her crooked neck allows her to do something none of hte other giraffes can do, and she beings to understand that something that may seem wrong can actually be right. . Grace learns that all that matters is what she believes, not what other people say. . She finds joy in just being herself, and accepts that all she can do is be Grace. Scoliosis is an often misunderstood condition, generally relegated to the back of the funding line and mimized to just a skeletal disorder. . Yet, it impacts more than 12 million people in the U.S. alone, about 4.5% of the population, with 500 more being diagnosed each day. . What used to be a