Written Arts Program and Biology Program Present
Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial
Monday, September 28, 2015
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
A Reading by Allie Cashel '13
A living portrait of Chronic Lyme disease and its patients’ struggles for recognition and treatment, Suffering the Silence, originally Allie Cashel's senior project, is now a full-length memoir that details Cashel's own experience with Chronic Lyme and shares the stories of a number of other patients from around the world.Born in London and raised in Westchester, NY, Allie was diagnosed with Lyme at age seven. Now a passionate advocate for increased awareness and reformed treatment of Chronic Lyme, she is the founder of sufferingthesilence.com, an online community for people living with chronic illness, and a member of the Jr. Board of the Tick Borne Disease Alliance.
Introduced by Mary Caponegro and followed by a Q&A, this event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Copies of Suffering the Silence will be available for sale and signing from Oblong Books & Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7054, or e-mail [email protected].
Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema