Disability²

A Step at a Time: With a new leg and a baby coming, determination overrides the anguish

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Blind Father Injured in Ecorse House Fire (more…)

Fireman Who Spoke After Being in Coma Dies

Donald Herbert, a fireman with a brain injury made headlines last year when he suddenly began speaking nearly a decade after a severe brain injury. Mr. Herbert’s longtime friend demonstates the value people with severe disabilities have for their families when she said: (more…)

Malala Gaono pictured with his daughter Kayla

Paralysed player battles to get his life back again

62-year-old Redding woman gives birth to 12th child

A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child. . . . [Janise] Wulf is used to defying the odds. Blind since birth, she was a synchronized swimmer in high school, worked as a piano and organ saleswoman and developed a passion for cooking.

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Some Mentally Disabled Learn Dating Skills

This looks like a great program:

At “You and I” events, the participants — the guys outnumber the women 16 to 3 — learn “social-sexual skills,” with specifics on body language, grooming and conversation starters. There are also sections on feelings, body awareness and sex education.

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Here we go again. Another crip birth story. When I saw the previews for the Inside Edition story about a disabled mom proclaiming “half a woman gives birth” I was filled with dread. Sandwiched between “Paula’s Broken Heart” and a story about buying lingerie, things were not looking good. (more…)

I’ve seen several articles lately about returning disabled vets, and a number of them highlight the struggles their families have, adjusting to their disability. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any organized support given to these parents. Undoubtedly these parents will have the same questions, concerns, and need for support that other parents with disabilities need. Hopefully the Veterans Administration will develop a way to diseminate information to these newly disabled parents. (more…)

An interview with Ouch!

Unfortunately most US television viewers cannot watch the Child of our Times series, but BBC should be commended for including a parent with a disability equally in their series. This interview highlights two common characteristics of disabled parenting. The series features Alison Lapper, a physically disabled artist who is a single mom, and who has been featured in documentaries about the birth and infancy of her son Parys. (more…)

Colorado Father Not Giving Up on His Lost Son

Father fights for Custody of Son He Never Met

David Archuletta, his son, and the adoptive parents are victims of an overzealous adoption agency and a system that all too often treats children in adoption as chattel of their adoptive parents. I have no idea what the adoptive parents think, although having had an adoption reversed myself, I can only surmise they are terrified at the prospect of losing their son. (more…)