Author's Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes and dialogue are from Alison's book, I Have Life.

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To recount the extraordinary story of Alison, I have relied on the following sources:

Thamm, M (1998). I have life—Alison's journey. Parktown, South Africa: Penguin Books.

I have life (2004, Summer). Medi-Clinic Gesundheit, pp. 16-18.

The electronic archives of Die Burger (in particular the Eastern Cape edition) (<http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/dieburger>) and Independent On-Line (<http://www.iol.co.za>). The latter also contains articles from the following newspapers: Cape Times and Saturday Argus.

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