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 Gordon's
MUMS touches
parents worldwide
A
member of UW-Green Bay’s first graduating class
in 1970, Julie Gordon was also one of the first
alumni to model difference-making, problem-solving
activism.
She did it out of necessity,
and personal heartache. In 1973 Gordon gave birth
to a baby, Jessica, whose profound disabilities
would eventually be diagnosed as severe cerebral
palsy. Gordon’s all-consuming quest to address
her daughter’s health issues brought anxiety, guilt
and occasional frustration with the system. It
led Gordon to found Mothers United for Moral Support
(MUMS), a parent-to-parent network for families
of children with rare disabilities or chromosomal
abnormalities.
Today, what started as a small
local support group continues to expand its reach.
MUMS has an international database of 21,200 families
from 56 countries covering more than 3,500 disorders.
The organization has been an advocate of hyperbaric
oxygen therapy in the treatment of a myriad of
disorders.
In 1998 Gordon received UW-Green
Bay “Distinguished Alumni” honors for her contributions
as founder and director. MUMS can be found at www.netnet.net/mums/.
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