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D.A. Charles
For more than thirty years, D.A. CHARLES has been involved in disability rights advocacy. Raised by a parent with a disability, author, D. A. Charles grew up in the disability population and identifies as an individual with a disability herself.
With the aim of furthering disability awareness, D. A. writes about individuals with disabilities with respect and realism, portraying dynamic and realistic characters complete with flaws and vulnerabilities, each navigating to fulfill their dreams and desires.
PICTURED ABOVE: The cover of Shattered, the first novel of The Roll Models Saga: an x-ray image of a human spine is shattering as if made of glass.
IMPACT.
Currently in the US, 5.3 million people are dealing with a severe form of paralysis. Over 61 million people in the US self-identify as a person with a disability. One hundred percent of everyone you’ve ever met would like to fall in love.
For Steven Chandler, Abigail Harris could be his one-in-a-million.
You’ve probably heard the common phrase “lightning never strikes the same place twice,” but for neurologist Steven Chandler, tragedy strikes again sixteen years after the car accident that claimed the lives of his parents and left him paralyzed. Fate, the cruel mistress that she is, decides to turn his life upside down once more, but softens the blow by bringing a brunette beauty back into his life.
the book
Shattered.
The Roll Models Saga—A journey where even the smallest things in life cannot be taken for granted.
Eighteenth birthdays only occur once in one’s lifetime and they are supposed to be life changing—fate had a grim sense of humor when she attended Steven’s Maxwell’s party. Irrevocably shattered when
Steven Maxwell must salvage what’s left of his life after a devastating accident changes every aspect of his family dynamic.
Abigail Harris doesn’t have room in her life for the unexpected —especially when both of her long-divorced parents end up on her threshold within hours of each other and her health takes an unexpected detour.
Cue providence stepping in and sending an ambassador with a disability who welcomes Abby into his world and shows her—a life with physical limitations is still a life with quality.
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the conversation
Alec Frazier interviews author D.A. Charles (click below)