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Disabilities

Welcome to Roseville Today’s section on disabilities. Featuring a combination of original content, guest posts, inspiring stories, and practical tips. We hope you’ll find this section useful and informative. May it lift you with encouragement, empower you with empathy, and fuel you with compassion.

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.

Spinal Stenosis

'Pamela' lives in eastern Iowa, prefers remaining anonymous, and enjoys reading this column in the DeWitt Observer.

GCPS and Turner Syndrome

'Tina' has been a mother of two children with rare disabilities, and prefers anonymity to protect her children's identities. Living near Phoenix, Arizona, she reads 'Disabilities' in The Desert Advocate.

Pete and Liz Fordred

In March 1982, Pete and Liz Fordred began an incredible 18-month sailing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to Florida. They sailed by themselves as paraplegics,

Depression

Jerry Bambery owns five fast food restaurants that grossed more than $12 million in combined sales last year. He agreed to this interview because he wants more people talking about major depression.

Florida editor has dyslexia

Paula Nelson of Tampa, Florida, reads and spells words for a living. She is the special sections editor of the 20,000-circulation daily Hernando Today, which publishes this column. Nelson's occupational choice is striking,

Elderly with disabilities

The 2000 U.S. Census reported that 14 million Americans over age 65 had either a mental, physical, sensory, self-care or mobility disability. As for Stone Harbor, New Jersey, U.S. Postal Service Letter

Matt Sechrist, spina bifida

Twelve-year-old Matt Sechrist lives near Gettysburg, Penn., and his goal is to earn a spot on his high school wrestling team. What makes his story unique is that he was born with spina bifida, and also has had both legs amputated below the knees.

Multiple Sclerosis

Forty-year-old Tom Stewart and his little dog had quite a scare recently.

Multiple Sclerosis

Forty-year-old Tom Stewart and his little dog had quite a scare recently.'I was just going down to the convenience station in my electric wheelchair to get something to eat,' he said in a telephone interview from his apartment in a Midwestern state.

๐Ÿ’ซ Local Spotlight

Making a Splash in Roseville at Steve Wallen Swim School

Roseville, Calif. - Steve Wallen Swim School in Roseville teaches swim lessons and water safety for infants, kids, and adults of all skill levels.

Welcome to the Brighter Side

โค๏ธ Top 10 reasons we love Roseville

Roseville, Calif. - Traveling and living in different states and cities has its own way of informing one's view and perception. It's a fun way to gather ideas when searching for the best place to live. Like so many others, that search would eventually lead us to Roseville.