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Allison Wetherbee :: ‘I Was Born This Way’ Featured in Montgomery Advertiser

20 January 2009 146 views One Comment

Book cover for 'I Was Born This Way'Allison Wetherbee, and her new book – I Was Born This Way (Amazon.com), were featured in the Montgomery Advertiser this weekend.

See “Author ‘born’ to share tale” and the addendum “‘I Was Born This Way’ author may be available to speak.”

JACKSONS GAP — If Allison Wetherbee isn’t Alabama’s most remarkable resident she’s got to be a close second.

She has no arms or legs, but doesn’t consider herself handi­capped, disabled or unique since, as she always tells those who meet her for the first time, “I was born this way.”

That’s the title of her autobi­ography, released this month, as well as her greeting to thou­sands of Alabamians she’s met during the past year during travels around the state as spokeswoman for Camp ASC­CA.

The 38-year-old Camden na­tive has never accepted shut-in status and loves to get out and about, especially at Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults — a facility that became her second home as she was growing up. Read more of “Author ‘born’ to share tale

Congratulations, Allison!

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