Dave Dravecky (part 2)
Recently, I interviewed baseball legend Dave Dravecky, whose comeback bid in 1989 was one of the greatest in sports history. After surviving radical cancer surgery, a year later
Dave Dravecky (Part 1)
It was one of baseball's greatest moments: San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky surviving cancer surgery in his throwing arm and only a year later in August 1989 in a miraculous comeback bid pitching seven flawless innings against the Cincinnati Reds.
ADHD and Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Jean Fisher reads this column in the North Platte (Neb.) Telegraph, and recently she mentioned it to her daughter Lori Hughes, who resides in Andover, Minn.
Blindness Rebecca Kragnes
The National Federal of the Blind Web site reports that about 1.3 million Americans are legally blind, and of those only one percent were born that way.
Autism Murphy’s Challenge
Melanie Murphy of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, thought at first that her son Cole just had a speech delay. 'He would say only a few words, and I couldn't understand what they were,' said Murphy, 36, in a telephone interview, of her then three-year-old son.
ADHD with Matt Lust
From all appearances, Matt Lust is 'normal.' He's a 24-year-old graduate student majoring in sociology at a midwestern university and a former high school football player.
Joni Eareckson Tada Part 2
This columnist recently featured Joni Eareckson Tada, a 40-year survivor of spinal cord injury, who broke her neck while diving into Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in 1967. She uses an electric wheelchair, and has paralysis in all four limbs.
Spina Bifida
Stacy Picard of Knoxville, Iowa, thought having a fifth child would be easy. 'The first couple children you worry about something going wrong, but after that you don't even think about the possibility of a disability,' said 30-year-old Picard in a telephone interview.
Joni Eareckson Tada (Part 1)
Joni Eareckson Tada likely is the most famous person you've never heard of.
Autism
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) website defines autism as a wide spectrum of disorders characterized 'by varying degrees of impairment in communication skills, social interactions, and restricted, repetitive, stereotyped patterns of behavior.'
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Roseville ranks 14th nationally for younger homebuyers
Roseville, Calif.- Over the years, City planners have been careful to ensure a variety of types of housing are being built in Roseville. This is one of the reasons Roseville ranks 14th nationally for places people under-35 are buying homes, in a new survey by SmartAsset.com
