Disabled Man Surprises Partner by Proposing on One Knee in Physical Therapy

Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition, causes the immune system to mistakenly attack myelin cells, which are protective ...
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An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner’s illness, and her own

For Lauryn Welch, a 32-year-old artist with roots in New Hampshire, painting and chronic illness were synchronized revelations. Learning her longtime partner, Samuel Geiger, had a connective tissue ...
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After ‘losing my life’ caring for a sick partner, a professor examines the U.S. caregiver crisis

“Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis to new patterns of living, to wrestling with big questions about illness and health. Laura Mauldin was ...
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Choice Living Community opens hearts, enrollment for those living with a disability

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. At Choice Living Community (CLC), the team knows it sometimes takes more when caring for adults living with a ...
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Choice and control: will NDIS reforms mean people with disability don’t get to decide who they live with?

Di Winkler AM is an occupational therapist and is the CEO and founder of the Summer Foundation. Jacinta Douglas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...