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A long-ago project in Columbia was "Disability for a Day." Various people volunteered to adopt a disability for the day and then talk about it that afternoon. I decided to use low vision. Since I always wear glasses I rubbed petroleum jelly on the...
About 400,000 people in the U.S. are living with Down syndrome, with about 6,000 babies born with the condition each year. Down syndrome is a congenital disorder, with an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the body's cells being the cause of 95 percent...
As part of an effort by the U.S. government to be more respectful of those living with intellectual disabilities, the Social Security Administration has officially stopped referring to those conditions as "mental retardation." The agency, which...
Many disabilities that people in Columbia live with severely restricts their movement. For example, a back or neck injury may limit your ability to walk. Lack of mobility affects the ability of many disabled people to maintain their weight, with...
Being the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder can be very rewarding, but it can also be expensive. Children with autism may require special educational tools, medical care and technologies to help them with social interaction and...
Video games are among the most popular forms of entertainment in Missouri. Children and adults may spend hours playing the latest games on their XBox, PlayStation or other device, either playing against the computer or other gamers online. Sadly,...
"It's as if she left the room." For many people in Missouri suffering from audio hallucinations brought on by schizophrenia, having the voice in their head stop tormenting them would make a world of difference in their quality of life. Many people...
Fibromyalgia is an illness that causes terrible pain and fatigue in people suffering from it, but the disease is not as well understood as others. For that reason, fibromyalgia used to be considered by some to be a psychosomatic condition, or only...
The Missouri General Assembly has begun the final week of its 2013 legislative session. Barring a special session, the House and state Senate have until May 17 to complete the state's legislative business for the year. Among the items yet to be...
The Social Security Disability program has made the news quite a bit in Missouri recently. Opponents of the program have tried to paint it as a way for people to avoid work by receiving government benefits. Some misunderstandings about how SSD...