A Twisted Fate: My life with Dystonia

Can a body turn against itself and still find the strength to laugh?At just seven years old, Brenda Currey Lewis was an active, typical child. But in the summer of 1974, her trajectory changed forever when a sudden, baffling neurological invader took hold of her muscles. Diagnosed with generalized dystonia-a rare and debilitating movement disorder that forces muscle groups to twist, tug, and lock the body into abnormal postures-Brenda was wheelchair-bound within a single year. For over fift...