Matthew "Mattie" Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek was an American poet and advocate. At the age of 3, Stepanek started to write poetry to cope with the death of his older brother. His first five books are: "Heartsongs", "Journey Through Heartsongs", "Hope Through Heartsongs", "Celebrate Through Heartsongs" and "Loving Through Heartsongs". All five works made the New York Times' Best Seller list. Wikipedia
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The Rosalynn Carter Institute announces the 2007 recipients of the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Intergenerational Caregiving Scholarship. www.mattieonline.com/
He began speaking poetry when he was 3, and his mother, Jeni Stepanek, who has the adult-onset form of Mattie's disease and who lost Mattie's three older siblings to it, wrote down the poems. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12554-2004Jun28.html
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Stepanek died at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the hospital said. He had been hospitalized since early March for complications related to the disease that impaired most of his body's functions. In his short life, the tireless S myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Mattie_Died_AP
Mattie J.T. Stepanek began writing poetry and short stories at the age of three. Some of his works explore the uncensored reality of living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and with the grief associated with the loss of his three siblings to the s www2.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/2002/tows_book_20020304_mst...
Born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, 11 year old Mattie Stepanek is living through a difficult storm. His mom, Jeni, also has the disease, which she didn't discover until after she had four children. Mattie's three siblings all died from the dis www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_past_20011019_b.jhtml
