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MONDAY, August 13, 2012 -- 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Gabrielle Hamilton is a therapist, Speaker and Huntington’s Disease (HD) Activist. Gabrielle became a Certified Social Worker in 1997 and began providing therapy to children and families through a community-based organization known as Safe Space. When her term ended in 1998, she left the Chapter to focus on her new son, Teddy, and her full-time profession. Throughout this time, she continued her volunteer work with The Hereditary Disease Foundation speaking at fundraisers, meetings with scientists, and participating in research studies. In 2008, Gabrielle published a children’s book entitled LILCO AND HIS MOMMY and began speaking with children and families in schools about parenting in the face of illness. She has recently opened a private practice providing therapeutic services to children, adults and geriatrics specializing in the management the stress associated with HD and other neurological disorders. Gabrielle’s mother, grandmother and aunt were all a