“She wants everyone to SEE people with disabilities. I want that too.”
‘She was born into a disastrous emergency. Her mother was dying, and she was dying.’: Mom shares daughter’s journey to thriving with cerebral palsy
‘Since being diagnosed, I’ve never looked better. I’d rather have wrinkles any day than have this disease.’: Woman shares journey to diagnosis with Scleroderma, rare chronic illness
“A female doctor jokingly said to me that she wished she could have a little of what I have so she wouldn’t have to spend all her money on Botox.”
‘This wasn’t just picky eating. My child was wasting away right in front of me.’: Mom shares son’s journey with ARFID
“After I put my kids to bed, I googled ‘nutritional value of paper.’ I avoided going to lunch with friends because I was terrified he would grab a menu and try to eat it.”
‘But you don’t look ill.’ It’s scary and disappointing how many people have a story like this.’: MS warrior starts support organization for people with chronic illnesses
“There are so many people out there who’d be happy to talk to you, support you, and help you on your journey, you just need to find them.”
Mom Touched After Kroger Employees Include Autistic Daughters Without Hesitation In Rare Moment
“Neither of those ladies know the girls are autistic. Neither of those ladies treated them differently. They were included, accepted, and loved. Just as they are.”
‘I barely found words to reply. Hot tears streamed down my face. I hung up the phone and dropped to the ground.’: Mom shares how life changed with sons’ Duchenne diagnoses
“Nothing is the same and nothing will ever be the same. Along with the pain however, came something beautifully absent from a life without suffering: the gift of perspective.”
‘His diagnoses read like the a la carte menu at a restaurant. Our lives became an endless stream of acronyms.’: Mom shares 16-year journey to son’s rare SYNGAP1 diagnosis
“There, for the very first time, was Andrew’s entire diagnostic story. The decoder we’ve been searching for most of his life. Every milestone missed, every seizure suffered, every hospitalization, every moment his body betrayed him, every detail down to his clumsy gait, summarized in 12pt Times New Roman.”
‘The doctor said he was one of the most extreme cases of ADHD she had ever seen.’: Mom shares then and now of son’s journey with ADHD
“We still are learning, but we are taking this on with all we have and doing our best.”
This Is A Photo Of Someone Struggling—It Doesn’t Always Look Dark And Sad
“My heart and my mind battled each other daily.”
‘I declared to myself it would be the last day I’d have an alcoholic drink.’: Mom shares journey to give up ‘wine o’clock’
“On days when things got too much with the kids, it was just a habit to pour another glass. It was starting to control me, rather than the other way around.”