Disability Blogs: Stories and Writings Regarding Disabilities: Publications and Documents
Summary
The information contained in the database below feature a diverse collection of interesting articles and blogs that delve into personal experiences with disabilities, health challenges, caregiving, and societal responses to disability. Topics include real life accessibility issues, identity shifts after acquiring a disability, and debates on societal perceptions of disabled individuals. These publications provide valuable perspectives and practical insights for people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and seniors. It pulls together personal stories, expert opinions, and practical guides from various writers, offering a wealth of perspectives. These pieces are valuable for anyone curious about disability issues, delivering helpful tips, thought-provoking ideas, and relatable experiences that can inform and inspire people, including those navigating disabilities or aging. By sharing real-life stories and expert opinions, the content offers relatable narratives and helpful information that can inspire thoughtful discussions and a deeper understanding of living with disabilities.Searching the Database
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| Loneliness as a Public Health Crisis and Companionship The WHO links loneliness to about 871,000 deaths a year, with teens most affected - a look at companionship as low-cost prevention. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Life in a Wheelchair: A Personal Look at ADA Access A firsthand account of navigating public spaces in a wheelchair and on crutches, and why ADA accessibility guidelines still fall short in daily real world use. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Disabled, Not Done: Building Recovery in Tennessee Adam Watson shares how a brachial plexus injury led him to build The Sanctuary, a capability and recovery platform in East Tennessee. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Reflections on Accessibility: A Personal Perspective from a Radiology Technician A Radiology Technician and childhood stroke survivor shares her path through paralysis, bullying, and bias to build an inclusive career in medical imaging. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Tetraplegia in Turkmenistan: A 22 Year Personal Account Personal account from a 43 year old man in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, living with tetraplegia for 22 years following a 2004 cervical spinal cord injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Postal Carrier With 100% Disability Rating Hired Jacob Sida makes history as the first postal carrier with a 100% disability rating hired in Alamogordo, New Mexico through ADA-supported accommodation. | ✓ ✓ | |
| My AI Valentine Is a Spin Doctor Discover how one woman's relationship with ChatGPT revealed AI as a mirror reflecting our own values, not a manipulative spin doctor. | ||
| The Software Collapse: Navigating Severe Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) FND patient shares five-year journey from paralysis to advocacy, exposing medical gaps in treating neurological conditions invisible on scans. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Nicole LeBlanc and the Radical Practice of Dignity Disability policy consultant Nicole LeBlanc advocates for person-centered services, economic justice, and the dignity of risk for disabled workers and community members. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Unmarried by Law: The Disability Marriage Penalty and Its Civil Rights Implications Disabled adults must remain unmarried to keep SSI benefits, creating a systemic civil rights violation that contradicts marriage equality and perpetuates poverty. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Colombia's Shifting Views on Disability: Barriers to Inclusion Firsthand look at changing attitudes toward disability in Colombia, from everyday barriers to grassroots advocacy and new inclusion laws. | ✓ ✓ | |
| A Seat at the Table: Amplifying the Voices of Young People with Disabilities Article outlines five key strategies for meaningful inclusion of young people with disabilities in policy-making and development initiatives globally. | ✓ ✓ | |
| When Fighting for My Child's Education Almost Cost Me My Life Mother's fight for autistic daughter's education reveals systemic failures, conflicts of interest, and retaliation in special education services. | ✓ ✓ | |
| From Chalk to Tech: A Teacher's View on Education Reform A veteran educator explores how schools must blend proven teaching methods with modern technology to effectively serve all learners, including disabled students. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Planning for the Future: Aging, Family, and Your Disabled Adult Child The importance of keeping wills, powers of attorney, and estate documents if you have a disabled member of the family who needs assistance in all aspects of care. | ✓ ✓ | |
| My Journey in Services for People with Multiple Disabilities This post is a short description of my daughter's journey in special education and adult services through my observation of her. Fortunately, most of her experiences were positive. | ||
| Memoir Explores the Journey of a Woman Towards a Diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder In Seach of Teressa: A Journey into the Mind of a Woman with Many Personalities, by Author Dr. Lynette Louise. | ||
| Celebrating Special Education Inclusion and the Forgotten Children A veteran special education teacher examines why full inclusion is not appropriate for every child with a disability and why a continuum of services is needed. | ✓ ✓ | |
| The Need for High Quality Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Complex Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) ICF/ID is an optional Medicaid benefit that enables states to provide comprehensive and individual healthcare and rehabilitation to individuals to promote functional status and independence. | ||
| Investing in Inclusion: The Imperative For Nepal's Educational Future Nepal's educational promises for disabled children remain unfulfilled despite constitutional guarantees, leaving one-third excluded from school access. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Family, Disability, and a Dagwood Sandwich Kathleen M. Cleaver writes on the topic of the types of sandwiches in the Sandwich Generation population. | ||
| Book Review: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Tsara Shelton reviews the book Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land. | ||
| Equality Amendments and Disabled Political Representation How New York's proposed equality amendments to the state constitution could address the underrepresentation of people with disabilities in US elected office. | ✓ ✓ | |
| A Different Way to See - Part 3 Choosing the best school environment for a child who is visually impaired takes research, observation, evaluation, and collaboration. | ||
| A Different Way to See - Part 2 Learning braille is important as it promotes literacy, develops writing skills, increases knowledge and develops independence. Braille to a person who is blind is what print is to a person who can see. | ||
| Lack of Sports Facilities for Visually Impaired Persons in Pakistan: A Call for Inclusivity and Support Usman Afzal opinion paper regarding the lack of sports facilities for visually impaired persons in Pakistan. | ||
| Joseph Moyo Appeals to the Zambian Government for Euthanasia Joseph Moyo from the Republic of Zambia is requesting the Zambian Government euthanize him to guarantee his rights and dignity as enshrined in the Zambian Constitution to end his discrimination, pain, humiliation, and suffering. | ||
| A Different Way to See - Part 1 There are many fun, easy and creative ways to help your children interact with their environment. What I offer in this article are a few examples of concept development. | ||
| Closing the Gap: Achieving Equitable Education for Persons with Disabilities in Pakistan Usman Afzal paper submission regarding closing the gap between persons with and without disabilities in education in Pakistan. | ||
| The Beauty of Diversity: Changing Perspectives Through Mr. and Miss Blind Rockers This article explores a unique dimension of disability empowerment through entertainment, specifically within the context of beauty pageants. | ||
| Empowering Autonomy: Challenging Disability Stigma and Supporting Independent Living The discourse surrounding disability and its effects on personal growth and autonomy deserve more focused attention and nuanced contemplation. | ||
| Disability Inclusive Local Governance: Practices and Challenges in Nepal Analysis of local governance in Nepal shows that disability inclusion remains superficial, often limited to ID cards, highlighting the need for meaningful participation and resource allocation. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Recognizing Children with Multiple Disabilities As a sister, mother and teacher I have witnessed the evolution of special education from institutional placements to inclusive settings. | ||
| Gender Equity for Women with Disabilities in Nepal: Challenges and Recommendations Article provides an overview of challenges faced by women with disabilities in Nepal when it comes to gender equity, discrimination, lack of access to education and employment opportunities, and limited access to healthcare services. | ||
| Scared at School: Violence, Shootings, and Changes Kathleen M. Cleaver writes on school violence, shootings, and the changes in schooling from the past to the present. | ||
| Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges of Disability and Digital Inclusion in Nepal Lack of accessibility features in digital devices and websites, inadequate digital literacy, and limited access to the internet are some of the significant barriers to digital inclusion in Nepal. | ||
| When Your Child is Disabled - Advice from a Wise Woman I Wish I Had Followed Sometimes, things can't be fixed, and we have to give children and families information and instructions on how to live to the fullest with a disability. | ||
| Looking Back At Christmas Through Their Eyes Article by Kathleen M. Cleaver about her and her family at Christmas past and present. | ||
| Stop The Threat - Stop The Stigma: A Police Officer's Mental Health Adam A. Meyers, a Wisconsin Police Officer for 21 years, writes regarding the stigma often attached to mental illness and traumatic experiences. | ||
| The Seven Virtues of a Healthy Democracy The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy outlines how the average citizen can defend democracy in the U.S.. | ||
| Disability: We Have Superpowers Too What about the children and adults with disabilities that don't have success stories? They have superpowers, too!. | ||
| Who Am I? What Should I Call Myself? I am making this choice of calling myself differently abled, and I am not just saying this verbally but making sure my thoughts, actions, and emotions also reflect it. | ||
| How People Who Are Disabled Can Fix Us Kathleen M. Cleaver writes regarding the current state of turmoil in the world today and how disabled people may be able to teach us to fix ourselves. | ||
| A Blue Rose in a Bouquet of Flowers Because there are so few blue roses, we don't know much about them. We only know that they have to be tended to more carefully and loved more. | ||
| Becoming Eighteen: One Girl's Apprehensions and Observations 17-year-old Meagan Langtree pens her thoughts on the trials and tribulations of transitioning to adulthood. | ||
| What People Say When You Have a Disabled Child - And Maybe What They Should Have Said I have three daughters; two are normal and one disabled. Most comments about my normal daughters are generic in nature, the most positive being that they were pretty, smart, and compassionate. The worst being I was spoiling them. | ||
| We Laugh So We Don't Cry: Caring for a Disabled Family Member When you are disabled or care for a disabled person you often have friends who you can share stories with that others don't find interesting or humorous. These are the friends who laugh with us so we don't cry. | ||
| Inclusion: It Works Both Ways Kathleen M. Cleaver writes on the various forms of inclusion both at home and in the classroom. | ||
| Banging on the Door of Banks: An Experience of a Visually Disabled Person Masoom Reza, a final year law student at Jamia Millia Islamia, writes on his experience as a visually disabled person trying to open a bank account. | ||
| Dreams for Our Daughter The dream of independence for a child with a disability may look much different than a dream independence for a normal child - it often requires adaptations and modifications. | ||
| Living with a Sibling and Her disABILITY Kathleen M. Cleaver writes on the positive and negative effects that a sibling with a disability has on a family and the siblings themselves. | ||
| How the Politicization of Covid 19 Affects People with Disabilities Article by Kathleen M. Cleaver regarding Covid-19 effects on health and the disability community. | ||
| Hidden Grief Part 2: Grandparents This is the second part of Hidden Grief by Kathleen M. Cleaver, the parent of Tricia who has multiple disabilities caused by hypoxia during the birth process. | ||
| Hidden Grief Part 1 Article by Kathleen M. Cleaver, the parent of Tricia who has multiple disabilities caused by hypoxia during the birth process. | ||
| What 2020 Taught Me About Disability in the UK Paul Dodenhoff reports on how the current COVID-19 global pandemic has further highlighted people with disabilities are still actively discriminated against. | ||
| I Got More Help at The Cinema Than the Optician Emma and Alan share their experiences of visiting their opticians in the UK and believe their cinema provides more support for people with sight loss.. | ||
| Our Children Are Worth It Should one consider the life of a person with a disability less valuable than the life of a person without a disability. | ||
| Last of the Seven Summits: Making History for Hemophilia! Mountaineer Chris Bombardier is set to scale the Last of the Seven Summits, Mt. Vinson, becoming the first person with hemophilia to climb all Seven Summits. | ||
| Chef With Disabilities Uses Stand-Up Wheelchair Vocational Rehabilitation story of a chef who was able to return to his cooking career with the help of assistive technology. | ||
| Amputee Model Breaking Barriers in Fashion and Shattering Stigma of Disability Amputee model Shaholly Ayers is breaking beauty barriers and is currently featured in the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale catalog. | ||
| Big Dreams, Great Job at Minnesota Best Buy for Man with Cerebral Palsy Mongolia native finds Best Buy job with help from ProAct, leads smartphone app session for disability leaders, selected as national conference panelist. | ||
| Cystic Fibrosis: Caroline Is In Control LMU student Caroline Schambeck has Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease, but she does not let her illness dominate her life. | ||
| A View from Ahead: Realities and Possibilities Post Injury A paper by a C5-C6 quadriplegic looking at life with disabilities after a diving accident. | ✓ | |
| Airman's Battle With Stage II Non-seminoma Testicular Cancer An airman's candid fight against stage II testicular cancer: diagnosis, brutal chemo, and a decade of hard-won positivity. | ✓ ✓ | |
| When I Auditioned for 'America's Next Top Model' Article about my personal experiences with Treacher Collins Syndrome - a craniofacial disability. | ||
| When You Are Scared or No Longer Care - Mental Illness and Violence Thomas C. Weiss writes on the topic of mental illness and violence, and includes his own personal experiences. | ||
| How Much of Life is in a Man's Hands? The loss of your hands can severely affect independence, drastically alter confidence, daily activities, and can trigger emotions of guilt. | ||
| Alcoholism: The Loss of a Friend to Alcohol Thomas C. Weiss writes on the loss of a friend due to alcoholism related health problems. | ||
| Steven Foelsch - A Busy Advocate for People with Disabilities Steven Foelsch, Director of Education Programs at Starkloff Disability Institute, enjoys the best of both worlds. | ||
| New Life In China for St. Louis Woman with Disabilities Laura Merleau-McGrady in Guangzhou, China, begins new job as English teacher at The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University. | ||
| Diabetic NASCAR Driver Wins at Daytona International Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series driver and Lilly Diabetes ambassador Ryan Reed wins Alert Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway. | ||
| Writing Medical Review Articles - Scholar Strategies Strategies scholars use when writing review articles include narrative review, systematic review, scoping, critical-realist and open peer commentary. | ||
| Two-Time Cancer Survivor Heads to South Pole Swarner is no newcomer to amazing feats, he was the first cancer patient to summit Mt. Everest and conquer the Seven Summits. | ||
| Rethinking People-First Language: A Critical View on Disability Terminology This article critiques people-first language, arguing it fails to reduce stigma and suggesting relationship-building is more effective for disability inclusion. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Teacher with Larsen Syndrome Role Model for Students Vocational Rehabilitation shares a story about a woman with Larsens Syndrome who found her dream job as a teacher. | ||
| Socio-cultural Interpretation: Disability, Technology, Sustainable Development Research paper outlines disability conditions in Bangladesh including types, causes and its socio-cultural construction. | ||
| Most US Presidents Forgotten Within 50 - 100 Years Study reveals most American presidents destined to be forgotten within 50 to 100 years of their serving as president of the United States. | ||
| For the Love of Babies Guest blog post by Elizabeth Gwilliam regarding some of the challenges of parenting. | ||
| Skydiving a Release from Life in a Wheelchair for Matthew Dooley Matthew Dooley has cerebral palsy however that does not prevent him from enjoying the sport of skydiving. | ||
| Adaptive Clothing for People with Down Syndrome by Ashley Ashley DeRamus creates adaptive clothing line for women with Down syndrome, addressing fashion gaps and challenging disability stereotypes through entrepreneurship. | ✓ ✓ | |
| A Dream - A Challenge - A Life Changing Moment My dream of becoming an inventor came true more importantly my dream of changing the life of just one person became a reality. | ||
| Middle Aged Adults Face Pressure From Both Children and Parents Many older people are living longer which adds new and unanticipated needs that their children often must step up to assist with. | ||
| People with Disabilities and Freezing Temperatures Information concerning persons with disability regarding dealing with cold winter weather, frostnip, and frostbite. | ✓ | |
| Sierra Gregg: Trailblazer for Americans with Disabilities Sierra Gregg at Missouri Truman State University is legally blind but proves hard work dedication and belief in a cause can overcome all limitations. | ||
| Hand-drawn Holiday Cards by Boy with Autism Funds Research The jaunty snowmen and colorful Christmas trees on the holiday cards began as ad hoc therapy and from the start we wanted that money to go to research. | ||
| Three Days in the Life - Penny Pepper Penny Pepper has never let her disability define who she is or what she can do she has been a model a wheelchair burlesque dancer and in a punk band. | ||
| Portrayal of Amputee Villains in Film and Theater Article looks at how amputee actors are often portrayed in movies and theater. | ||
| Martyn Sibley: European Tour with Disability Martyn Sibley born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy is beginning a journey across Europe in a specially adapted car. | ||
| We Are What We Live In: Get Organized, Get Happy! Clutter can affect mental physical and spiritual health by creating low energy levels, bad moods, poor decision making, pessimism and fatigue. | ||
| Toxic Mattress Chemicals Can Make You Sick A Guide to some of the chemicals that your mattress may be composed of including their health risks. | ✓ | |
| Preventing Electric Shocks From Static Electricity Information on how to stop getting shocked from electrostatic discharges in your home, car, or wheelchair. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Nothing About Us Without Us: Global Disability View A personal essay on global disability, universal design, and the belief that including everyone at every level raises the whole human race. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Reflections on Happiness Article by Martina Roe on how to be happy as well as how to achieve and enjoy the feeling of happiness. | ||
| 7 Billion People Not an Issue - Human Development is What Counts Experts argue it is not the number of people that matters but more so their distribution by age education health status and location that is relevant to local and global sustainability. | ||
| Disability Diamond Theory - Martyn Sibley Disability Diamond Theory by Martyn Sibley is a disability model that focuses on an individuals impairment, needs, aspirations and life choices. | ||
| Wheelchairs and Medicare The media often focuses on the price that Medicare pays to provide power wheelchairs to its beneficiaries. | ||
| 2 Yr Old's Understand Complex Grammar Psychologists have found children as young as two years old have understanding of complex grammar even before they have learned to speak in full sentences. | ||
| Prader-Willi Syndrome: Bill's Story Bill Sheadel was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome and has been praying for a cure for since he was just a little tot. | ||
| Overcoming Adversity and Beating the Odds Results of a new national study found that what does not kill us can make us mentally stronger. | ||
| Enmeshment: Dysfunctional Relational Pattern Enmeshment is a therapeutic term often misunderstood, this article covers what is enmeshment and how can a family recover from this dysfunctional relational pattern. | ||
| Creating a Business Blog: The Power of Blogging Regular blog posts known as blogging is a very effective area in which businesses can market their brand and reach a new demographic of customers. | ||
| A Life's Lesson From The Front-lines of Developmental Disabilities I have seen firsthand the importance of teaching self-awareness and social communication to students. | ||
| Everything You Think, Feel or Say is Important We should never waste one ounce of it, good, bad or indifferent. Everything you think, everything you feel, everything you have to say or not have to say, is important. | ||
| Things My Father Taught Me: Love and Disability Love is something that might seem to be hidden at times as I grew up my perceptions of love were being developed even as I sometimes failed to recognize that they were. | ||
| Loneliness and Social Isolation Due to Disability Social isolation due to disability is not a new issue for many people with disabilities, the ADA is only part of the issue involving social isolation disabled people experience there are many other issues involved. | ✓ | |
| Experiences with Chondromalacia Patella One of the diagnosis I have is Chondromalacia Patella a condition that is also referred to as Patellofemoral syndrome or Knee pain chondromalacia. | ||
| Living With Chronic Tendonitis I experienced pain in my arms and elbows for months before I finally went to a doctor at the insistence of my supervisors. | ||
| Connections with Communication Technology and Sleep Patterns Annual Sleep in America poll exploring connections with communications technology use and sleep patterns in Americans. | ||
| Karen: Tribute to Life of Girl with Muscular Dystrophy After four or five months of growth we noticed that she was kind of slow and were told that she had Muscular Dystrophy. | ||
| Environmental Disaster of Unprecedented Proportions from Millions of Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells Failed capping technology and oversight make millions of abandoned oil and gas wells worldwide ecological disasters waiting to happen. | ||
| Falling on Deaf Ears Specialists have told me that as I can not hear my own voice it is now not the same as it used to be and that is not something I can not do anything about. | ||
| The Effect of Technology on the Fourth Amendment The Fourth Amendment has offered protection from unreasonable searches and seizures but those protections are being minimized by new laws and court decisions upholding invasive investigatory tactics by state and federal agencies. | ||
| There Are No Limits to What You Can Do What if you could accomplish all that you set out to do with no limits. | ||
| After Christmas Boxing Day Sales & Specials Shoppers can save on a large range of items they need throughout the year by shopping the after Christmas or Boxing Day sales. | ||
| When Do Athletes Reach Their Physical Limits? Running and swimming records are broken at almost every international athletics event, but can human performance continue to improve indefinitely. | ||
| Christmas Holidays Arrive Once Again The holiday season all too often finds people with disabilities wondering why they are not involved in activities to a greater extent. | ||
| Plan to Save Thousands of American Lives Ignored by Washington Lawyer claims his plan to reform the FDA could save 100000 lives a year but is ignored by Congress and the White House. | ||
| We Are Enabled By Design: Universal Design and Accessibility Equip-able Ltd sponsored and participated in the first event held by the founders of the website Enabledbydesign. | ||
| New Jersey Walks for TS to Raise Awareness of Tourette Syndrome Tourette Syndrome is an inherited neurological disorder seen in as many as 1 in 100 children. | ||
| Terminal at 4 Years Old - Triumphant at 22 In 1992 when Dant was 4-years-old he got to meet his hero Nolan Ryan and exchanged autographs. | ||
| Being a Good Neighbor to People with Disabilities Disabilities come in many forms some individuals might be physically impaired to the extent that they have difficulty moving or executing physical tasks. | ||
| Refugees with Disabilities Disabled refugees are one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. | ||
| My Journey of Self Discovery - Martina Roe This is a story about me setting off on a road of discovery and searching my place in the world. | ||
| Do Children Understand Irony Findings from the University of Montreal reveals that children as young as four are able to understand and use irony. | ||
| Age-Old Advice from Your Elders Sometimes elderly advice is the best advice as older adults declining ability to control their responses allows them to provide a greater quantity and quality of advice. | ||
| Ovulating Women Buy Sexier Clothing In an unconscious attempt to outdo female rivals ovulating women buy sexier clothing. | ||
| How Teenage Mental Illness Relates to the Homeless Youth Many troubled youth become runaways or are abandoned to the streets without a place to call home. | ||
| Walking Across America with Brain Tumors Disabled Consumer Advocate to Positively Walk Across America with Brain Tumors for Charity. | ||
| Steph Cutler - Inspiration and Motivation Mentoring and Training Having acquired a disability I realized many of the barriers disabled people face on a day-to-day basis. | ||
| Adversity: Here to Break Us or Make Us There are many success stories of disabled individuals overcoming adversity. | ||
| The Day I Met Christopher Reeve Each of us has heroes we admire, some of our heroes we have known personally, while others we admire from afar, I met my hero, Christopher Reeve. | ||
| Understanding Disability Types and Inclusion Tips Overview of physical, cognitive, and psychological disability types affecting 650 million people worldwide with practical ways to support inclusion in daily life. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Reflecting About Empathy Till I started my Introduction to counseling skills course I had very little idea what empathy meant. | ||
| Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's Principle of evolution that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce. | ||
| Paul Fejtek First Person with Brachial Plexus Palsy to Climb all Seven Summits Paul Fejtek a person with Brachial Plexus Palsy climbs the highest mountain on each continent. | ||
| Navigating Disability: Exploring the Personal, Professional, and Ethical Challenges In my professional roles I advocate for and make appropriate suggestions for accommodations and interventions for people with disabilities. | ||
| Record Number of Americans Ready to Leave U.S. International Living Survey Shows Record Number of Americans Ready to Leave the U.S.. | ||
| Tattletale Pill Signals it has been Swallowed Engineers design pill that signals it has been swallowed. | ||
| What-Up Birds? A Heartwarming SOFTIN Memory What-up birds are a pair of seagulls who adopted the SOFTIN boat WaveWalker and visit us when we come back to harbor. | ||
| Restoring Vitality in Our Lives Turn on your favorite music and transport yourself to a place and time of happiness and peace. | ||
| Poor Face Greater Health Burden than Smokers or the Obese Poverty and dropout rates as important as health problem and smoking in the United States. | ||
| Does Discipline Really Change the Behavior of Children Discipline was never intended to have an effect on children. | ||
| Jacobson Award Recipient Wants to Be a Taxpayer Hughes is on his way to reaching his goal as this years Judd Jacobson Memorial Award recipient. | ||
| Ardipithecus Ramidus - Ardi - Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestors Discovery of Ardi a relatively complete Ardipithecus ramidus fossil skeleton sheds light on human evolution. | ||
| Cab Driver Can Not Donate Kidney to Passenger Tom Chappell a Phoenix cab driver can not donate kidney to his passenger. | ||
| To Walk or Not to Walk that is the Question I have been getting progressively weaker and have adapted my lifestyle to suit these changes. | ||
| Nancy Pelosi Fears Violence A Guest Blog about Nancy Pelosis fears that political turmoil will turn to violence in America. | ||
| Gadgets and Gizmos Staring at the ceiling I was suddenly aware that there were numerous flashing lights before my eyes. | ||
| Encounters with Disabled Toilets When people talk to me about disabled toilets I visualize a buckled and bent toilet with its cistern lid crooked. | ||
| The Arrogance or Ignorance of the Healthy It is the belief of those who have never suffered a chronic disease that it is the patients fault they have the disease. | ||
| Acceptance and Loss: Pain, Stress and Disability Our level of coping with difficulties is an important factor in deciding how effective and content we are with our lives. | ||
| Disabled Veteran Finds Survival Through Relocation A disabled veteran shares his decision to relocate internationally to manage living costs, reduce pain, and rebuild quality of life after service injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| New Video Blog Opens Eyes to Treatment of Disabled Video blog capturing one 26-year-old woman's experience navigating through life with a severe physical disability. | ||
| Why Obama's Dog has Curly Hair Portuguese water dogs the breed of President Barack Obama's dog Bo helps find gene that gives dogs curly hair and others long wavy hair. | ||
| The Sixth Sense: Fish and the Lateral-line System Explores how fish use their lateral line sixth sense to detect water movements, with implications for understanding sensory biology and assistive tech. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How to Turn-a-Round a Bad Day at Work A number of tips to make the best of a bad situation and turn around a bad day at work to your advantage. | ||
| Outraged by Treatment of Disabled Today We have the same rights as the person who doesn't have a disability we are citizens of this country either by birth right or by naturalization. | ||
| Store Treatment - Disability Awareness I am outraged by the treatment I received last Saturday at a store name located in Mesa AZ. | ||
| Fixing America's Growing Disability Housing Problem Proposed housing plan to aid poverty stricken disabled people in the United States. | ||
| Disabled Veteran Left out in the Cold Left out in the cold by the Veterans Administration US Army and the US Government. | ||
| New to Being Disabled Struggling with my limitations and am frustrated with how the medical community tries to pigeonhole everyone into one category. | ||
| Don't Live in the Past As Nothing is Forever Fated Imagine that each night of your life, for years and years to come that your night would end in a fresh nightmare. | ||
| SOFTIN's Interaction Among Special Needs Kids SOFTINs crew of experienced at-sea educators uses every observational tactic available to assess the effectiveness of an educational adventure. | ||
| Guitar Player Turns His Disability Around Billy McLaughlin had reached the top ten years ago he was a finger-style player who was noted for his technique of tapping on the strings of his guitar. | ||
| Disability No Block to this Graduate! Jasmine Bethea may have been born with a disability but that did not stop her from graduating this week. | ||
| The Real Story of Softin is Stories of the People We Serve The real story of SOFTIN is about the changes we bring about in the special needs people we serve. | ||
| Seafaring Opportunities for Those in Need (SOFTIN) Inc. SOFTIN Inc. provides at-sea education, skill building and self esteem building adventures for the disabled, impaired, victims of abuse, frail elderly and youths-at-risk. | ||
| Building Your Net Worth Through Friendships The strength and scope of our relationships with others is a critical factor in rebounding from a crisis. | ||
| Standup for MS: A Story of Mobility Rehabilitation Hospital staff could not see me not using a wheelchair for the rest of my life. | ||
| Jessica Cox: Pilot with No Arms and Inspirational Speaker Born without arms Jessica Cox is the first woman pilot in aviation history to fly using her feet and inspirational speaker. | ||
| How to Develop Self Discipline Self discipline is a character trait People with this trait are willing to sacrifice drive themselves hard and be convicted to a passionate cause. |
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