I think of myself as a highly efficient, productive, and philanthropic person. I’m a scientist, a cancer researcher, the CEO of my company EasyKale (a superfood powder), a board member at the Boys & ...

Navigating the world with a less immediately obvious or visible disability often means advocating for yourself, educating others, and learning as you go. The world wasn’t designed for disabled people, ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.3 million adults in Illinois have a disability. That's about 1 in 4 adults. Some of those disabilities are not ...

July marks Disability Pride Month, a time to commemorate the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act and to celebrate the diversity, resilience, and visibility of the disabled community. This ...

Getting the worst headache of your life should send you to the emergency room. Shane Byous can tell you. He is a strapping man with a strong southern accent. Byous was only 44 years old, an RN, and ...

It’s not easy for me to let people in. I worry that if I really let them see how much pain I’m in or how much help I need, I’ll be a burden. So I isolate myself a lot. But it wasn’t always this way.

I didn’t give much thought to this topic until I experienced my stroke. Suddenly I was coping with a brain injury, fatigue, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and epilepsy. But as I struggled ...

Last week my 11-year-old’s phone had a literal meltdown (the scent of battery acid was strong), so I took it to the Apple store to see what could be done. It is normally a pleasure to go to the Apple ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 32 years ago, prohibiting discrimination and paving the way for people with disabilities to have the same opportunities ...