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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Meet the talented young Talaura Cothran. This high school senior is a 12-year veteran girl scout, an accomplished bagpipe player and has recently set something remarkable in motion. In pursuit…
By Caroline Linne, USC Rossier Recent changes to the California Department of Education’s teacher education curriculum is ushering in a new age of inclusion in today’s public school classrooms. In the…
By Sherie Raymond Parenting isn’t easy at the best of times and having a child with a disability creates new challenges that the majority of parents could never imagine facing.…
By Julienne Dallara, Abilities Expo Abilities Expo was called to action, and that call came from TV’s Speechless. In the last two decades television has tried, with varying degrees of…
