Welcome to Tell Your Story!

As a young adult with a disability or special health care need that grew up within a military family, we look forward to hearing about your lived experience!

If a friend or family member is helping you share your story, that’s great!

Not quite ready, and want to know more about sharing your story? Send us an email or call us at 253-442-3214. If you leave a message, we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Tell Your Story, Next Steps:

You enter what you are comfortable sharing in the form.
Almost everything is optional except items with an asterisk*.
We read what you submit.
We contact you to see how you want to proceed.

Personal Information

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Phone Type

Preferred Pronouns

Preferred Pronoun Specification

Primary Language

Additional Languages:

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State of Residence

Country of Residence

Please select your primary disability or special health care need

Please select your secondary disability or special health care need

I have a trusted friend or family member helping me share my story.

Trusted Friend or Family Information

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Their Relationship to You

Relationship Specification

Growing up, what was your military parent's status?

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Family Military Background & School

What is or was your military parent's branch(es) of service?

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At what age(s) did your military parent(s) retire/leave the military?

Growing up, did you have any of these plans/services in school?

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State(s) you resided in during Elementary School

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State(s) you resided in during Middle/Junior High School

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State(s) you resided in during High School

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State(s) you resided in during College/Beyond High School

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Tell your story!

You choose what you want to share, how much and in the way that works for you!

I would like to

I want someone to contact me.I want to answer the suggested questions/prompts. I want to tell my story.I want to share a video telling my story.

Questions/Prompts

Is there something that you wish you could tell your younger self?

You can share something you wish you had known when you were younger.
Example: "If I had known..., then I would have..."

Prompt: The best thing(s) I ever did for myself were...

Tell us your story!

You can upload your story or fill out the text box below to tell us your story - or both!

Load your word document and accompanying photos, graphics, images of your art, and/or audio files here:

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Story Description:

If you had to title your story, what would it be?

What tags would you give your story?

Examples of tags: military, military child, PCSing, school.

Sharing your Video

Our system supports YouTube, so please:

1. Create a YouTube Account

2. Load your video and make it “unlisted”

3. Copy and paste your unlisted link below

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Anything else on your mind? (500 character maximum)

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