Blogs - Stories: Publications and Resources (167 Items) Title & Author Ed Publish Tetraplegia in Turkmenistan: A 22 Year Personal Account Gurdov Yaz-Murat Byashimovich ✓ 2026/05/02 Postal Carrier With 100% Disability Rating Hired Ian C. Langtree ✓ 2026/03/05 My AI Valentine Is a Spin Doctor Dr. Lynette Louise 2026/02/14 The Software Collapse: Navigating Severe Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Liam Virgo ✓ 2026/01/14 2026/01/29 Nicole LeBlanc and the Radical Practice of Dignity George Cassidy Payne ✓ 2025/12/18 2026/01/23 Unmarried by Law: The Disability Marriage Penalty and Its Civil Rights Implications McKennis Orren ✓ 2025/12/06 2026/02/24 Colombia's Shifting Views on Disability: Barriers to Inclusion Michelle Mercado ✓ 2025/12/01 A Seat at the Table: Amplifying the Voices of Young People with Disabilities Nir Shrestha ✓ 2025/09/07 When Fighting for My Child's Education Almost Cost Me My Life Laura E. Belarbi ✓ 2025/08/17 From Chalk to Tech: A Teacher's View on Education Reform Kathleen M. Cleaver ✓ 2025/05/14 2026/01/21 Planning for the Future: Aging, Family, and Your Disabled Adult Child Kathleen M. Cleaver ✓ 2024/08/28 2026/02/22 My Journey in Services for People with Multiple Disabilities Kathleen M. Cleaver 2024/05/24 Memoir Explores the Journey of a Woman Towards a Diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder Ian C. Langtree 2024/05/10 2024/08/23 Celebrating Special Education Inclusion and the Forgotten Children Kathleen M. Cleaver ✓ 2024/03/13 2026/02/22 The Need for High Quality Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Complex Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) Kathleen M. Cleaver 2024/01/25 Investing in Inclusion: The Imperative For Nepal's Educational Future Nir Shrestha ✓ 2023/12/01 2025/09/07 Family, Disability, and a Dagwood Sandwich Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/11/06 Book Review: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Tsara Shelton 2023/10/28 Equality Amendments and Disabled Political Representation Pavel Kuljuk ✓ 2023/10/03 2026/02/28 A Different Way to See - Part 3 Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/09/10 A Different Way to See - Part 2 Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/08/07 2023/09/10 Lack of Sports Facilities for Visually Impaired Persons in Pakistan: A Call for Inclusivity and Support Usman Afzal 2023/08/05 2023/09/26 Joseph Moyo Appeals to the Zambian Government for Euthanasia Joseph Moyo 2023/07/30 A Different Way to See - Part 1 Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/06/29 2023/09/10 Closing the Gap: Achieving Equitable Education for Persons with Disabilities in Pakistan Usman Afzal 2023/06/25 2023/10/05 The Beauty of Diversity: Changing Perspectives Through Mr. and Miss Blind Rockers Jalasa Sapkota 2023/06/12 2024/09/30 Empowering Autonomy: Challenging Disability Stigma and Supporting Independent Living Jalasa Sapkota 2023/05/12 2024/09/30 Disability Inclusive Local Governance: Practices and Challenges in Nepal Nir Shrestha ✓ 2023/05/06 2025/09/08 Recognizing Children with Multiple Disabilities Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/05/01 2024/02/15 Gender Equity for Women with Disabilities in Nepal: Challenges and Recommendations Jalasa Sapkota 2023/04/08 2024/09/30 Scared at School: Violence, Shootings, and Changes Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/03/28 Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges of Disability and Digital Inclusion in Nepal Jalasa Sapkota 2023/03/03 2024/09/30 When Your Child is Disabled - Advice from a Wise Woman I Wish I Had Followed Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/02/21 2023/05/24 Looking Back At Christmas Through Their Eyes Kathleen M. Cleaver 2023/01/25 2023/01/27 Stop The Threat - Stop The Stigma: A Police Officer's Mental Health Adam A. Meyers 2023/01/07 2023/06/23 The Seven Virtues of a Healthy Democracy Penn State 2022/08/29 Disability: We Have Superpowers Too Kathleen M. Cleaver 2022/08/11 Who Am I? What Should I Call Myself? Sameer Bhide 2022/07/30 2023/09/26 How People Who Are Disabled Can Fix Us Kathleen M. Cleaver 2022/06/12 A Blue Rose in a Bouquet of Flowers Kathleen M. Cleaver 2022/05/21 2022/06/12 Becoming Eighteen: One Girl's Apprehensions and Observations Meagan R. Langtree 2022/04/21 2025/12/21 What People Say When You Have a Disabled Child - And Maybe What They Should Have Said Kathleen M. Cleaver 2022/03/11 We Laugh So We Don't Cry: Caring for a Disabled Family Member Kathleen M. Cleaver 2022/01/26 2026/02/13 Inclusion: It Works Both Ways Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/09/08 2022/03/11 Banging on the Door of Banks: An Experience of a Visually Disabled Person Masoom Reza 2021/07/12 2025/08/19 Dreams for Our Daughter Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/06/23 2021/07/31 Living with a Sibling and Her disABILITY Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/06/07 2022/03/11 How the Politicization of Covid 19 Affects People with Disabilities Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/05/04 2021/08/23 Hidden Grief Part 2: Grandparents Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/04/23 2022/03/11 Hidden Grief Part 1 Kathleen M. Cleaver 2021/04/08 2024/02/14 What 2020 Taught Me About Disability in the UK Paul Dodenhoff 2021/01/04 2021/02/08 I Got More Help at The Cinema Than the Optician Daniel Williams 2020/02/28 2025/04/28 Our Children Are Worth It Stephanie Bozarth, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National MPS Society 2018/07/13 2018/07/17 Last of the Seven Summits: Making History for Hemophilia! Save One Life, Inc. 2017/12/22 2023/09/16 Chef With Disabilities Uses Stand-Up Wheelchair Vocational Rehabilitation 2017/10/16 2024/05/02 Amputee Model Breaking Barriers in Fashion and Shattering Stigma of Disability Global Disability Inclusion 2017/07/19 2019/03/06 Big Dreams, Great Job at Minnesota Best Buy for Man with Cerebral Palsy ProAct, Inc. 2017/06/16 2019/03/05 Cystic Fibrosis: Caroline Is In Control LMU Munich 2017/01/13 2022/03/22 A View from Ahead: Realities and Possibilities Post Injury Ian C. Langtree ✓ 2016/11/21 2025/02/07 Airman's Battle With Stage II Non-seminoma Testicular Cancer Ian C. Langtree ✓ 2016/11/21 2025/10/03 When I Auditioned for 'America's Next Top Model' Cynthia Murphy 2016/04/25 When You Are Scared or No Longer Care - Mental Illness and Violence Thomas C. Weiss 2015/11/15 2023/07/24 How Much of Life is in a Man's Hands? Downs Designs Dreams 2015/11/11 2020/12/05 Alcoholism: The Loss of a Friend to Alcohol Thomas C. Weiss 2015/10/13 2021/07/25 Steven Foelsch - A Busy Advocate for People with Disabilities Starkloff Disability Institute in St. Louis 2015/10/09 2019/03/06 New Life In China for St. Louis Woman with Disabilities Starkloff Disability Institute in St. Louis 2015/09/03 2017/06/16 Diabetic NASCAR Driver Wins at Daytona International Speedway Eli Lilly and Company 2015/02/22 2019/03/06 Writing Medical Review Articles - Scholar Strategies Loyola University Health System 2015/01/22 Two-Time Cancer Survivor Heads to South Pole Milestones Communications 2015/01/15 2019/03/06 Rethinking People-First Language: A Critical View on Disability Terminology Jenny Blackler ✓ 2015/01/13 2025/12/30 Teacher with Larsen Syndrome Role Model for Students Ian C. Langtree 2014/12/24 2021/09/26 Socio-cultural Interpretation: Disability, Technology, Sustainable Development Juwel Rana 2014/12/02 2021/10/06 Most US Presidents Forgotten Within 50 - 100 Years Washington University in St. Louis 2014/11/28 2020/11/15 For the Love of Babies Elizabeth Gwilliam 2014/05/09 2021/01/15 Skydiving a Release from Life in a Wheelchair for Matthew Dooley Josh Hart 2014/04/27 2016/09/24 Adaptive Clothing for People with Down Syndrome by Ashley Thomas C. Weiss ✓ 2013/09/14 2025/08/25 A Dream - A Challenge - A Life Changing Moment Diane Vitillo, MS, OTR, PTA, CAPS 2013/02/06 2022/02/17 Middle Aged Adults Face Pressure From Both Children and Parents OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences 2013/01/25 People with Disabilities and Freezing Temperatures Thomas C. Weiss ✓ 2013/01/16 2025/02/11 Sierra Gregg: Trailblazer for Americans with Disabilities Ian C. Langtree 2013/01/13 2024/03/29 Hand-drawn Holiday Cards by Boy with Autism Funds Research University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center 2012/12/31 2013/06/08 Three Days in the Life - Penny Pepper Penny Pepper 2012/11/21 2019/03/05 Portrayal of Amputee Villains in Film and Theater Rachel Handler 2012/11/10 2022/01/16 Martyn Sibley: European Tour with Disability Ian C. Langtree 2012/09/13 2023/08/11 We Are What We Live In: Get Organized, Get Happy! Pooja Gugnani 2012/08/16 2021/08/07 Toxic Mattress Chemicals Can Make You Sick Ian C. Langtree ✓ 2012/01/16 2025/02/04 Preventing Electric Shocks From Static Electricity Ian C. Langtree ✓ 2012/01/13 2025/05/06 Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability and Global Expansion Meriah Nichols 2011/12/05 2025/08/19 Reflections on Happiness Martina Roe 2011/11/28 2021/11/23 7 Billion People Not an Issue - Human Development is What Counts International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 2011/10/27 Disability Diamond Theory - Martyn Sibley Martyn Sibley 2011/09/29 2014/03/15 Wheelchairs and Medicare American Association for Home-care 2011/09/18 2011/09/19 2 Yr Old's Understand Complex Grammar University of Liverpool 2011/08/23 2015/04/19 Prader-Willi Syndrome: Bill's Story Vonnie Sheadel 2011/08/22 2022/01/10 Overcoming Adversity and Beating the Odds Ian C. Langtree 2011/07/30 2022/01/28 Enmeshment: Dysfunctional Relational Pattern Ian C. Langtree 2011/07/18 2022/02/08 Creating a Business Blog: The Power of Blogging Ian C. Langtree 2011/07/08 2022/02/16 A Life's Lesson From The Front-lines of Developmental Disabilities Sandra Houghton 2011/06/20 2011/08/27 Everything You Think, Feel or Say is Important Dennis Biancuzzo 2011/06/20 2022/03/02 Things My Father Taught Me: Love and Disability Thomas C. Weiss 2011/05/15 2022/04/02 Loneliness and Social Isolation Due to Disability Thomas C. Weiss ✓ 2011/04/03 2025/02/14 Experiences with Chondromalacia Patella Thomas C. Weiss 2011/03/25 2016/06/08 Living With Chronic Tendonitis Ian C. Langtree 2011/03/18 2017/04/15 Connections with Communication Technology and Sleep Patterns National Sleep Foundation 2011/03/07 Karen: Tribute to Life of Girl with Muscular Dystrophy Gisele Leblanc 2011/02/24 2025/12/21 Environmental Disaster of Unprecedented Proportions from Millions of Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells EcoHearth 2011/02/10 Falling on Deaf Ears Denise Watson 2011/02/09 2013/06/16 The Effect of Technology on the Fourth Amendment Law Offices of Howard A. Snader, LLC 2011/02/04 2014/07/06 There Are No Limits to What You Can Do Human Performance Technologies 2011/01/18 2019/03/06 After Christmas Boxing Day Sales & Specials Ian C. Langtree 2010/12/26 2016/09/24 When Do Athletes Reach Their Physical Limits? Inderscience Publishers 2010/12/22 2024/05/30 Christmas Holidays Arrive Once Again Thomas C. Weiss 2010/12/21 2023/09/16 Plan to Save Thousands of American Lives Ignored by Washington Terence Mix, Attorney at Law 2010/11/27 2026/03/29 We Are Enabled By Design: Universal Design and Accessibility Duncan P Edwards 2010/11/25 2026/03/15 New Jersey Walks for TS to Raise Awareness of Tourette Syndrome NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome 2010/11/03 2019/03/06 Terminal at 4 Years Old - Triumphant at 22 Kakkis EveryLife Foundation 2010/10/30 2019/03/06 Being a Good Neighbor to People with Disabilities Ian C. Langtree 2010/10/20 2023/12/03 Refugees with Disabilities Chit Chat for Facebook 2010/10/18 2013/06/01 My Journey of Self Discovery - Martina Roe Martina Roe 2010/10/08 2016/06/14 Do Children Understand Irony University of Montreal 2010/09/14 Age-Old Advice from Your Elders Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University 2010/09/13 Ovulating Women Buy Sexier Clothing University of Chicago Press Journals 2010/08/24 2014/11/28 How Teenage Mental Illness Relates to the Homeless Youth MWellA 2010/08/23 2016/04/05 Walking Across America with Brain Tumors HaroldSays 2010/08/22 2019/03/06 Steph Cutler - Inspiration and Motivation Mentoring and Training Steph Cutler 2010/07/14 2016/06/12 Adversity: Here to Break Us or Make Us Steph Cutler 2010/07/14 2016/06/12 The Day I Met Christopher Reeve Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. 2010/07/13 2019/03/06 Understanding Disability Types and Inclusion Tips Marina Chernyak ✓ 2010/07/12 2026/02/25 Reflecting About Empathy Martina Roe 2010/07/12 Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's University of Rochester 2010/07/10 2017/05/10 Paul Fejtek First Person with Brachial Plexus Palsy to Climb all Seven Summits Challenged Athletes Foundation 2010/05/26 2019/03/06 Navigating Disability: Exploring the Personal, Professional, and Ethical Challenges Michelle Fattig 2010/05/25 2023/12/03 Record Number of Americans Ready to Leave U.S. International Living 2010/03/31 Tattletale Pill Signals it has been Swallowed University of Florida 2010/03/31 What-Up Birds? A Heartwarming SOFTIN Memory Capt. David Bacon, Executive Director, SOFTIN 2010/02/01 2019/03/06 Restoring Vitality in Our Lives Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. 2010/01/08 2019/03/06 Poor Face Greater Health Burden than Smokers or the Obese Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 2009/12/22 2010/07/09 Does Discipline Really Change the Behavior of Children Mark Lakewood CEO 2009/11/25 2013/06/15 Jacobson Award Recipient Wants to Be a Taxpayer Courage Center 2009/10/19 Ardipithecus Ramidus - Ardi - Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestors Ardi 2009/10/12 2017/05/10 Cab Driver Can Not Donate Kidney to Passenger Mayo Clinic 2009/10/06 To Walk or Not to Walk that is the Question Wheelyboy 2009/09/30 2019/02/04 Nancy Pelosi Fears Violence Ian C. Langtree 2009/09/25 2016/09/24 Gadgets and Gizmos Roly Clulow 2009/09/14 Encounters with Disabled Toilets Roly Clulow 2009/09/14 The Arrogance or Ignorance of the Healthy Roly Clulow 2009/09/13 Acceptance and Loss: Pain, Stress and Disability Jonathan Blood Smyth 2009/09/07 2019/03/06 Disabled Veteran Finds Survival Through Relocation DAVinThePI ✓ 2009/09/07 2025/12/15 New Video Blog Opens Eyes to Treatment of Disabled Eva Sweeney 2009/08/29 2013/06/16 Why Obama's Dog has Curly Hair University of Utah 2009/08/27 The Sixth Sense: Fish and the Lateral-line System Technische Universitaet Muenchen ✓ 2009/08/26 2025/04/19 How to Turn-a-Round a Bad Day at Work Stephanie Goddard 2009/08/17 2019/03/06 Outraged by Treatment of Disabled Today Tanya Raquel Johnson 2009/08/03 2009/08/21 Store Treatment - Disability Awareness Marie B. 2009/08/02 2009/08/21 Fixing America's Growing Disability Housing Problem Ian C. Langtree 2009/08/02 2024/06/17 Disabled Veteran Left out in the Cold Carl O. Akers 2009/08/02 2009/08/21 New to Being Disabled Deborah-Lee Erb Renna 2009/08/02 2009/08/21 Don't Live in the Past As Nothing is Forever Fated Keith 2009/07/25 2019/03/06 SOFTIN's Interaction Among Special Needs Kids Capt. David Bacon, Executive Director, SOFTIN 2009/07/15 2019/03/06 Guitar Player Turns His Disability Around Ian C. Langtree 2009/07/08 2019/03/06 Disability No Block to this Graduate! Thomas C. Weiss 2009/07/07 2019/03/06 The Real Story of Softin is Stories of the People We Serve Capt. David Bacon Executive Director SOFTIN 2009/07/07 2019/03/06 Seafaring Opportunities for Those in Need (SOFTIN) Inc. Capt. David Bacon 2009/07/06 2019/03/06 Building Your Net Worth Through Friendships Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. 2009/06/02 2019/03/06 Standup for MS: A Story of Mobility Rehabilitation Laurence Robb 2009/05/28 2019/03/05 Jessica Cox: Pilot with No Arms and Inspirational Speaker Ian C. Langtree 2009/04/21 2023/09/28 How to Develop Self Discipline Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. 2008/02/01 2019/03/06