This is a redux of Cerebral Palsy Gal: A Novella. The new version is more heartfelt and touching, and I have used all my heart and soul into creating it, which I hope you will enjoy as much as I enjoyed putting together. Amanda was born with cerebral palsy due to the complications that occurred during her birth. In her autobiographical, she recounts the trauma she experienced as a youngster, enduring physical, mental, and emotional abuse from her family and coping with her father's cancer diagnosis at the age of 59. It was a chance meeting with a former US intelligence officer, Ronald Fino, his Russian-born wife, Alla, and their son that eventually saved Amanda, enabling her to pursue her lifetime dream, becoming a best-selling writer. Living Strong with Cerebral Palsy is an inspirational, heartwarming, and profoundly moving account of a young woman's life and struggles to discover her voice and develop her self-esteem to advocate for other people with severe disabilities. Living Strong with Cerebral Palsy is also available as an audiobook with narration by Lilly Canon.
Authors
“Writing comes within my soul while the words flow out of me.” Let me finally induce myself. As a certified disability advocate, CP gal, and author of beautiful and heartfelt novels, Amanda Forry/Fino understands the struggles disabled people go through. Under her pen name Sasha Fino, she strives to bring her novels to life. In spite of Cerebral Palsy, Sasha published all different types of books under this name. Your perception of her disability is not accurate; she can write romance as well as anyone else. There are six of her novels: Omerta: Journey to the Past, Kingpin, My Vegas Confessions, Sedona's Heart, and Blue Bell; a Dark Academy Romance. One is featured in the limited-time anthology Witchy Wonders. Amanda is a part of the DC Author’s Dinner Group that’s included some of the most significant bestselling authors of our time. When Amanda isn’t writing, she is a disability rights advocate, active Alumni, Leader, and Presenter with the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, Training Alumni Association (TAA), and Public Speaker. Amanda lives with her family in Williamsburg, Virginia. While Amanda enjoys books, walking, and wine, she also enjoys blogging on her website cpgal.com in her spare time.
"Writing comes within my soul while the words flow out of me." In the past, Amanda Forry/Fino has been known as an author of romance novels, who has written six books under the pen name Sasha Fino. However, after becoming a Christian, she had to take these books down in order to live according to the new values she now holds dear. Since becoming a Christian Amanda has written The Path To The Church And Disabled Adults as well as rewritten her autobiography in order to reflect her journey to faith and the values. Amanda is a part of the DC Author's Dinner Group that's included some of the most significant bestselling authors of our time. In addition to being an author, executive director, and creator of CP Gal's World, Amanda Forry/Fino also provides an exclusive YouTube channel dedicated to addressing and promoting the importance of including people with disabilities within the world of religion. Having graduated from the Partnership in Policymaking Association, she facilitates grassroots advocacy. In addition to making videos and writing online, Amanda also enjoys walking, time with her family, reading the Bible, and being active in her church community. She lives with her family in Williamsburg, Virginia.
