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Tag: Personal Stories
Finding Personal Care Attendants at College Can Be a Challenge — and an Opportunity to Make Lifelong Friends
Heading off to college and wondering how to find a personal care assistant? Megan Crowley, who lives with Pompe disease, shares her tips.
Curb Free With Cory Lee Reviews Morgan’s Inspiration Island
Accessible travel blogger, Curb Free With Cory Lee, shares his thoughts on Morgan’s Inspiration Island.
Mason’s Movers set to take on Marine Corps Marathon
Alicia Miro, whose son lives with MD, shares why she runs the Marine Corps Marathon with MDA Team Momentum and why you should too.
My Garden of Life
Erin Brady Worsham, who lives with ALS, offers the idea that life in her garden may not be all too different from our own lives.
How Having a Disability Helped Me Accept My Sexuality
Hugo Trevino shares insightful observations about the intersectionality of having a disability and accepting your sexual or gender identity — and how having SMA helped him come out and live proudly as a gay man.
Inspiration is an Action Word
Doug McCullough often hears that he is inspiring. His response: “OK, thanks. But what have I inspired you to do?”
A Father’s Celebration
Ralph Yaniz reflects on the milestones of being a father with a neuromuscular disease just in time for Father’s Day.
A Letter to Dad on Father’s Day
Chris Anselmo, who lives with Miyoshi myopathy, shares a letter to his dad and all MDA dads this Father’s Day.
Pete Frates, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and a Special Connection
When Chris Anselmo, who lives with Miyoishi myopathy, learned that Pete Frates’, the creator of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was facing challenges paying his medical bills, he felt compelled to share his story.
