When I was twenty, I came down with a mild viral infection that passed in two or three weeks on its own. It left me, however, a deeply changed person. Starting with crippling fatigue, I quickly found myself in chronic pain and weak to the point of being unable to …

It is a surreal experience to hear that your brainstem is migrating too far up into your head. Except, doctors never say things simply, so I wasn’t actually told this – I was told instead that I have “Basilar Invagination”. Sounds kinda crazy, doesn’t it? I mean, when I was …

What motivates you? What gets you going, powers you up, gives you hope, strength, courage, inspiration, propels your every moment, including your dreams? Do you have something that is so important to you that you’re driven by it each day? Does it charge you up like nothing else could? When …

I was born on August 28th 1979. As a kid growing up on Long Island, I was hungry for something meaningful to latch onto so I could have an identity or just to be a part of something. It was difficult since I was a child of the eighties listening …

It’s a dark night, the cold crisp breeze brought goose bumps. The stars shined brightly. It was so quiet. You couldn’t hear a pin drop. The silence settled in peacefully. Then the phone rings, and shattles the dreams for tomorrow. The silence in the heart is crackling, hearing the heart …

How we see ourselves is very important, though others’ perceptions of us play an interesting role in our lives, too, we must be careful how we act on them. Especially for disabled people, we must project a positive image, mainly for ourselves. Our overall well being depends on it. ach …

While we are working on accepting ourselves, we still have to deal with our worries, tension and troubles. Acknowledging our limitations is one thing, handling them constructively is another. By using our minds, having faith, and creativity, we can better manage what bothers us, so it doesn’t consume us and …

Every Sunday the television network, ABC, airs “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. Ty Pennington, lead designer, most easily recognized as one of the hunkiest handymen in the other home improvement show, “Trading Spaces” has his own team of designers. They transform some of the ugliest or neediest houses into beautiful breath …

Standing on the corner of Washington Street and Cattano Avenue in Morristown, New Jersey, Ginger Bennett and Payton, her golden retriever, prepare to cross the street. Bennett firmly calls out the command: “Forward!” and follows Payton onto the road, completely unaware that a large four-door van is about to cut …