The Benders and their backs
Shari and Jack Bender have more in common than just sharing a home in Phoenix, Arizona. For one, they both had painful, career-ending back and neck injuries.
Rheumatoid arthritis – Hope for Emily
Lori Maynard learned last year that her daughter had rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis followed 'about three months of rapid degenerative illness,' said Maynard in a telephone interview from her New Jersey home.
Interacting with Blind People
Rick and Alysia Wells have been married for ten years, and they are both blind. He works at home in the computer field and she is a social worker in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His blindness came in 1983 from neurovascular glaucoma, and hers at age two due to cancer of the retina.
Miracle League
In 1999, Dean Alford of Conyers, Georgia, was dreaming of building a special baseball field in his hometown so children with physical or mental disabilities could play baseball.
Ken Hennessey Traumatic Brain Injury
One afternoon after work in 1997, Ken Hennessey was motorcycling near Los Angeles, California. Traffic suddenly stopped ahead and he couldn't brake fast enough to avoid hitting a pickup truck. He experienced a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Jim Fielder Alzheimer’s
Jim Fielder of Tyler, Texas, has been a bass guitar player in a number of bands, including Buffalo Springfield, Blood Sweat & Tears, and with Neil Sedaka.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
'Ann' is fifty-seven years old, lives in central Missouri and prefers remaining anonymous. She has multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS), which the National Institute of Environmental Health Science defines as
Autism Advice
Grace Hanusin is a certified occupational therapy assistant from Niagara Falls, New York. She reads this column in the Niagara Wheatfield Tribune. Though not personally having a disability, she did teach school children with disabilities for seventeen years.
Huntington’s Disease
Glenn Ferrell of Boise, Idaho, has plenty of experience on how disability affects families. His fourth child, Noah, was born with Down Syndrome, and his first wife, Barbara, died from Huntington's disease.
Flip Schulke
Occasionally, I feature famous people. Although likely not recognizing the name of Flip Schulke of West Palm Beach, Florida, you certainly would recognize his photographs. He is one of America's greatest photographers.
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Mobley Pest Services in Roseville serving the community and region for...
Roseville, Calif.- Fully licensed and bonded, Mobley Pest Services in Roseville has been providing reliable pest control services for well over 20 years. Serving residents and businesses in the greater Placer and Sacramento region, Mobley Pest Services is locally owned and operated in Roseville.
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FEMA Recognizes Roseville as “Best in the Nation”
Roseville, Calif.- Roseville's status as the first city in the nation to achieve the highest Class 1 rating for flood protection by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was recognized back
