Parenting

Closeup of Jodi O’Donnell-Ames, a white woman with long black hair, sitting with her arms around her knees, wearing a purple Hope Loves Company sweatshirt.
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Talking About a Diagnosis Is a Personal Decision

By Cheryl Alkon | May 18, 2023
Leah and her mother, Bevi, pose back to back each holding a flexed arm in the air
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MDA National Ambassador Blog-Letters from Leah: A Letter to Mothers

By Leah Z. | May 10, 2023
Woman in blue sweater and woman in tan shirt smiling on picture of the Quest Podcast logo
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Quest Podcast: There is No Such Thing as Normal

By MDA Staff | April 20, 2023
Headshot of Leah Zelaya, a teenage girl with long brown hair wearing a blue turtle neck against a tan background
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MDA National Ambassador Blog-Letters From Leah: What I’d Like Parents to Know About Being a Teenager with a Disability

By Leah Z. | February 24, 2023
Sean Wallace, a young white man with a black baseball cap, dark brown beard, and black shirt and pants, sits in a black power wheelchair in the center of a gently arching bridge with green railings. Neither end of the bridge is visible in the photo, so the man and bridge appear to be suspended in a sky with purple-tinged clouds above white-capped sea waves.
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Top 4 Reader Photos of 2022

By MDA Staff | November 18, 2022
Anastasia Corp stands with her hands on her hips in a maroon cheerleading uniform.
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After-School Activities for All

By Donna Albrecht | August 23, 2022
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Navigating School Supports with MDA

By Mandy Care Specialist | July 27, 2022
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Happy Father’s Day!

By Amy Shinneman | June 15, 2022
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Father-Son Contribution to the 35th Annual Ride for Life

By Mindy Henderson | April 25, 2022
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Living Through War in Ukraine with a Neuromuscular Disease

By Larry Luxner | March 22, 2022