My name is Heather Davis. I have three wonderful sons - Taylor, Chandler, and Tucker. Taylor is a sophomore in high school. He enjoys playing music. He plays percussion in the band, snare on the Drumline and piano for the 5th grade choir. Chandler is a 5th grader and he enjoys [...]
Griffin Dennis “Finn” Watson, of central Illinois, is an utter delight to his parents and family. He is sweet-tempered and loves to be bear-hugged and kissed. As the middle brother (between Jackson, 8 ½, and Samuel, 2 ½), his lot in life is already a difficult one, but somehow he manages to be cheerful [...]
by Bob Wassom
It’s not that I can’t leave. I’m not under house arrest. My lifestyle won’t let me. I’ve become spoiled by the abundance of accessible recreation available to me–accessible by every definition, including the one used by the ADA. Utah is an outdoor recreation paradise … especially for [...]
“I am writing,” says Peri Jude Radecic, of Arizona Center for Disability Law, “to urge you to make sure the CLASS Act remains in the final health reform bill. I urge you to oppose any amendment to strip the CLASS Act from the bill. The CLASS Act will help persons with disabilities to remain independent [...]
My name is Alyssa Grace Lee and I am 22 months old. I may look small, but I am a “FIRECRACKER!” I was born with a neuromuscular disorder that has left me with motor and speech delays. The doctors don’t know exactly what my disorder is called, but they are working on [...]
Debra O’Connor, Pioneer Press Watchdog, is one of my heroes. Two years ago, thanks to her willingness to advocate for Mark Grewing, dozens of volunteers and Pioneer Press readers came to the aid of Grewing, a White Bear Lake man whose service dog had been taken away.
Today, Mark Grewing and his new companion dog, [...]
Kathryn Ross-Schmid is one of the 1:150 children in the United States diagnosed with autism. She was diagnosed right before she turned three years old. To the outside world, Kathryn looks like any other four-year-old child, loving and energetic with an infectious smile and gentle spirit. However, spend a few minutes with her and you [...]
I’m Kameryn Parrett, and I was born with a condition know as hydrocephalus and Agenesis of the corpus callosum. Hydrocephalus is a term derived from the Greek words “hydro” meaning water, and “cephalus” meaning head, and this condition is sometimes known as “water on the brain.” People with hydrocephalus have abnormal accumulation of cerebal spinal [...]
