Cynthia serves
as Spokesperson at For Grace and has had Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
for 32 years. She later developed Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome. Cynthia founded For Grace in 2002 to raise awareness about
CRPS and five years later expanded the organization’s mission to include
all women in pain. Before becoming ill, she was an accomplished
ballerina and worked professionally as a dancer, actor and singer.
John serves
as Director at For Grace and was instrumental in launching the
organization in April 2002 along with his partner Cynthia Toussaint, who
has suffered with CRPS (and later other over-lapping auto-immune
conditions) for 32 years. Garrett has been partner and caregiver to
Toussaint for 34 years. He has done extensive research about the gender
disparity toward women in pain, compiling a comprehensive library on
that issue along with specific chronic pain conditions.
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