D I S A B I L I T I E S Since 2002, the weekly column Disabilities has been published in more than 260 newspapers throughout the United States and been the nation's best-read weekly column about people with disabilities. It is sent free to newspapers due to generous support from Littlegiantfudge.com and Palmer Bus Service. The column's content runs the gamut from featuring the real-life stories of people with mental illness and learning disabilities to physical and intellectual disabilities. Mr. Vance is editor of Connect Business Magazine. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor practicing in Minnesota. He and his wife have a college-attending daughter with spina bifida and a homeschooled teenage son.Raised in Cincinnati, he moved in 1995 from Baltimore to southern Minnesota. He is also a Dayton Flyers men's basketball fan.
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6-15-13 Letters of Hope 6-8-13 Shelby Winstead and Barrel Racing 6-1-13 Multiple Sclerosis 5-25-13 Cleft Lip and Palate 5-18-13 Spina Bifida 5-11-13 Tinnitus and Disability 5-4-13 Mental Health Counseling Week 4-26-13 Paul Chambers/Parkinsons Plus 4-19-13 Kelli Ra Anderson/Asperger's 4-12-13 Parkinson's and Stroke Survivor 4-5-13 Knee Injury Creates Disability 3-30-13 Bacterial Meningitis Can Be Prevented 3-23-13 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 3-16-13 Mark Stephenson 3-9-13 Abilitysota.com 3-2-13 American Lake Veterans Golf Course 2-24-13 Peter Kellett: Part Two 2-17-13 Peter Kellett and Trisomy 18: Part One 2-10-13 Kidney Transplant Needed 2-3-13 Elderly with Osteoarthritis 1-27-13 Traffic Accidents Led to Arthritis 1-20-13 Lou Gehrig's Disease/Dan Hacker 1-13-13 Cynthia Parkhill/Asperger's 1-6-13 Derek Rabelo, Blind Surfer 12-30-12 Asperger's syndrome 12-23-12 APS/Stroke 12-16-12 Melinda Honn/MCS 12-9-12 Rett syndrome 12-2-12 Editorial: Christmas loneliness 11-25-12 Dan'l Markham 11-18-12 Traumatic Brain Injury 11-11-12 Larry Kaplan/Autism 11-4-12 Nursing Home Residents 10-28-12 Lou Gehrig's Disease 10-21-12 John Knight 10-14-12 John Doiron and autism 10-7-12 Dr. Becky Clark 9-29-12 Dan Adragna and Alzheimer's 9-22-12 Polycystic Kidney Disease 9-15-12 Dummy Hoy Part 2 9-8-12 Sign the petition for Dummy Hoy 9-1-12 Gorrell Changed Deaf Sports 8-25-12 Vietnam Vet Double Amputee 8-18-12 Frontotemporal Degeneration 8-11-12 National Amputee Foundation 8-4-12 10-year anniversary and diversity 7-29-12 Judy Siegle 7-22-12 Kyle Maynard Part 2 7-15-12 Kyle Maynard: Part 1 7-7-12 Living with a Colostomy 7-1-12 Zach Fenell 6-25-12 Alex Gutierrez 6-17-12 Twyman and Maurice Stokes: Part 2 6-10-12 Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes 6-3-12 Alzheimer's book: While I Still Can 5-27-12 Peter Winkler, Part Two 5-20-12 Peter Winkler, Part One 5-13-12 Comedians with Disabilities Act 5-6-12 Sharon Gieseke 4-29-12 Pennies for Polina 4-22-12 Taunts Often Hurt for Life 4-15-12 Care Tuk's Health Ran Amok 4-7-12 Evans Helps Others with Disabilities 3-31-12 Mobility Disability Doesn't Slow Ipock 3-24-12 People with Fibromyalgia Aren't Crazy 3-17-12 Jerry Wolffe Changing His World 3-10-12 Activist Donohue Started Brain Foundation 3-3-12 Two Adult Children with Disabilities 2-26-12 Arvid Schwartz 2-19-12 Serious Mental Illness 2-12-12 Man with Down Syndrome Enjoys Life 2-5-12 Inclusion Daily Express 1-29-12 Dyslexia Didn't Stop Psychologist 1-22-12 Trauma Affects Air Force Vet 1-15-12 PTSD and Sexual Abuse 1-8-12 Asperger's Syndrome Redefined 1-1-12 Struggling for Understanding: Part 2 |