Take Control of Your Pain
By Casey Cashman, U.S. Pain Foundation Chronic pain touches millions of Americans. The mission of the U.S. Pain Foundation is to educate, connect, inform and empower those living with pain while…
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Don’t Just Cut the Cord, Save It
By Katie Wilson, Cordbloodbanking.com In the last two decades, hematopoietic stems cells (HSCs) drawn from the umbilical cord blood have thrown the doors open to scores of medical breakthroughs and they…
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Cosplay Without Limits
By Misa On Wheels, Cosplayer The term “cosplay” is the combination of the words “costume” and “play.” It, quite literally, means dressing up and having fun! But, cosplay is so…
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Come Out and cosPLAY
Geekdom has taken the world by storm lately. Superhero movies have been blockbuster staples since Marvel’s Iron Man in 2008. Of course, for hardcore fans, this is the golden age.…
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Job Seekers with Disabilities: 8 Essential Tips for Writing a Successful Cover Letter
By Mary Walton, Simple Grad A cover letter is one of the most important elements of your job application, and it’s only right that you spent a suitable amount of time…
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Product Spotlight: Crafted Elegance
It turns out that frustration is the mother of invention too. When Dianalynn Varin was diagnosed with CIDP, an autoimmune disease that affects the nervous system, she realized that she would…
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Boston Marathon Survivor Roseann Sdoia Finds Adventure in Sports
By Shuan Butcher, Disabled Sports USA On April 15, 2013, two bombs detonated near the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon killing three individuals and wounding several hundred others, including…
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Abilities Expo Ambassador Stars in BuzzFeed Video
A few years back, Santina Muha was one of our New York Metro ambassadors. Then, in pursuit of her dreams, this born and bred Jersey girl up and moved to…
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Improve Self-Health Through Meditation and Mindfulness
By Kristina Rhoades, Flower of Life Retreats We spend so much time worrying about our physical conditions, about diagnoses, that we often fail to grasp how much of an impact our…
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Dogs in School?!? What does ADA Say?
By Kristin Hartness, Canines for Disabled Kids Why yes, it is true you may indeed see service dogs in school. One of the most asked questions about service dogs working with…
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Service dog? Emotional Support Dog? Companion animal? Therapy?
By Kristin Hartness, Canines for Disabled Kids Stop, the world is spinning with all the terms that are tossed in conversation about why someone has an animal they want to take…
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Podcast Gives Voice to the Small Fish in a Big Pond
By Mike Ervin, Abilities Expo Ambassador If you listen to Small Fish Radio you will hear Michael Herzovi portraying a wide variety of strange characters. “More often than not,” Herzovi says, “the stories and…