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ON THE SHOULDERS<br />
OF VISIONARIES<br />
IT STARTED WITH A VISION … AND A<br />
DEEP DETERMINATION. IN A LIVING<br />
ROOM IN LONG BEACH MORE<br />
THAN 63 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A<br />
COMMITMENT AND UNWAVERING<br />
BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE MORE<br />
THAN THEIR DISABILITIES. IN 1955<br />
ALEEN AGRANOWITZ AND GLADYS<br />
GLEASON SET OUT TO HELP THOSE<br />
WITH DISABILITIES OVERCOME THEIR<br />
CHALLENGES.<br />
Aleen and Gladys first met at the Bethesda Naval<br />
Hospital near Washington, D.C. during their service<br />
in the U.S. Navy. Gladys initially worked as an<br />
RN in the psychiatric division, then transferred over<br />
to support the veterans returning with war-related<br />
trauma when she met Aleen. Aleen’s interest in language<br />
and special education problems began when she worked<br />
with adult aphasics (individuals with an inability to compre-<br />
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