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Playground with blue spinning equipment in the foreground, and a grassy hill with blue slides and a colorful playhouse in the background.
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Accessible Playgrounds Give Everyone the Benefits of Play

By Annika Tourlas | August 23, 2023
Asian man as a masters degree student with his wheelchair, looking and finding some books in university library for his work project.
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Beyond High School: Top Strategies for Finding a Career Path

By Elizabeth Millard | August 22, 2023
A drawing of a man pushing another man in a wheelchair. A couch, plant, and a lamp are in the background.
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How Palliative Care Can Support Your Health Journey

By Emily Blume | August 8, 2023
A young girl with blonde hair sitting on a doctor’s table as a doctor, a woman with brown hair, uses a reflex hammer on the girl’s knee. Both girl and doctor are smiling.
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Advances in the Treatment of Friedreich Ataxia

By MDA Staff | August 8, 2023
A photo of Ken Yorgan surrounded by a group of men and boys wearing blue Orlando Magic shirts. Everyone is smiling. Yorgan is seated in the middle, wearing a black Orlando jersey under a tan plaid blazer. Ken is a 59-year-old man with blue eyes and salt-and-pepper hair.
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How a Positive Attitude Benefits an Army Administrator With SMA

By Rebecca Hume | August 8, 2023
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MDA Advocacy: Influencing Change in Washington D.C.

By Maggie Callahan | August 8, 2023
Graphic design with a male in a yellow shirt and blue pants sitting in a wheelchair talking to a female with a notepad in her hand separated by two large hands creating a heart.
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Overcome Embarrassment of Asking for Help in Daily Life

By Andrew Zaleski | August 8, 2023
A group of three friends chat in the hallway at school with their friend in a wheelchair.
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How to Help Your Child Make Friends in School

By Claire Sykes | August 8, 2023
Amy Shinneman wearing a beige blazer, Leah Zelaya wearing an orange floral dress and Reagan Imhoff, in a pink and white tweed blazer, sit smiling in their wheelchairs with their hands in their laps in front of the US Capitol building.
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MDA Advocates Return to Capitol Hill

By MDA Staff | August 8, 2023
Jonathan Piacentino, with brown hair and a beard wearing a grey zip-up sweatshirt with a red shirt underneath, sits in his wheelchair looking into the distance on a football field.
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Jonathan Piacentino: How I’m Navigating Life After College

By Jonathan Piacentino | August 8, 2023