Parenting

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

A young woman in a wheelchair wears a graduation cap and gown while holding a diploma and her mother smiles next to her

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The Transition to Independent Living: A Parent’s Perspective

By Rebecca Hume | July 20, 2023

Family portrait of mother and father smiling with two young girls in a field

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How One Family’s Myasthenia Gravis Journey is Helping Others

By Rebecca Hume | June 9, 2023

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

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Quest Podcast: There is No Such Thing as Normal

By MDA Staff | April 20, 2023

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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