Tristan

Born in 1991, Tristan Piombi traveled the world with his parents and took his first dip in the ocean on island of Crete when he was just 7 months old. But after receiving the recommended MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) vaccines, his fever spiked to 104 and he forgot many words he had learned earlier. After his mother, Andrea, took him to specialists, Tristan was diagnosed with autism at age 3.

Alicia

Alicia

When photographer Alicia Harrell started to feel excruciating hip pain in November 2016, she did what most people would do: She sought advice from her primary care physician, who recommended physical therapy. “I couldn’t even walk, so how could I do physical therapy?”...