April 21, 2008 I had to go into the hospital at NYU Medical Center because I had to change medications to control seizures  I have been having. Even though I hate being in the hospital and hooked up to all this equipment, people there were really nice, and lots of friends visited me which madeit much more fun.
Check out my photo album where you can see all the people who came http://samanthamyers.typepad.com/photos/hospital_stay_2008/, plus the nurse Jennifer who brought me such a cool necklace on Saturday, right before I left.

DISNEY CHANNEL; Another Minority

To the Editor:

I was really glad
to read your article about how the Disney Channel has developed
successful shows with minority characters [”At the Disney Channel,
It’s a Diverse World After All” by Marc Weingarten, May 25]. Disney
has also been one of the best kid’s channels at making great stories
with believable characters who have different kinds of disabilities.
Its made-for-TV movies, like ”Tru Confessions” (about a teenager with
a developmental disability and his twin sister) and ”Most Valuable
Primate” (about a deaf girl who befriends a chimp), are almost the
only shows on television where you can see what its like for those of
us who are part of another important minority.

SAMANTHA MYERS
Manhattan

The
writer, who is 14, has the genetic disorder familial dysautonomia.

Tomorrow night I am in a fashion show for the FD fundraiser. I have a really cool outfit: a denim jacket and black dress with a skirt bottom with lots of colors. I get to keep it. My Mom picked it out. I tried it on. It fit perfectly right away.

New York Times
June 22, 2003

Disney Channel
Another View

To the Editor:

I
was really glad to read your article about how the Disney Channel has
developed successful shows with minority characters [”At the Disney
Channel, It’s a Diverse World After All” by Marc Weingarten, May 25].
Disney has also been one of the best kid’s channels at making great
stories with believable characters who have different kinds of
disabilities. Its made-for-TV movies, like ”Tru Confessions” (about a
teenager with a developmental disability and his twin sister) and
”Most Valuable Primate” (about a deaf girl who befriends a chimp),
are almost the only shows on television where you can see what its like
for those of us who are part of another important minority.

SAMANTHA MYERS, Manhattan

The writer, who is 14, has the genetic disorder familial dysautonomia.