D I S A B I L I T I E S Since 2002, the weekly column Disabilities has been published in more than 265 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 Blue Valley Sod 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. Daniel J. Vance was editor of Connect Business Magazine from 1996-early 2015. He is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Minnesota. He and his wife have a college-attending daughter with spina bifida. 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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1-2-16 Suzanne Mohn 12-26-15 Kathie Snow 12-19-15 Nursing Home Visits 12-12-15 Abigail Vance 12-5-15 Jeremiah Ray 11-28-15 Monica Mary Shields 11-21-15 Loretta Claiborne Part Two 11-14-15 Loretta Claiborne Part 1 11-7-15 Ruderman Family Foundation 10-31-15 Ken Blum and Autism 10-24-15 David Schwan 10-16-15 Mario Casella Revisited 10-10-15 Carlene White, Service Dog Project 10-3-15 Sgt. Schlitz Part Two 9-26-15 Sgt. Michael Schlitz 9-19-15 Emanuel Syndrome 9-12-15 Disabling Mental Illness 9-5-15 GallantFew, Karl Monger 8-29-15 Honor Without Limits 8-22-15 Jerry Groebner 8-15-15 Peyton Murphy 8-8-15 Chris Danielson/NFB, Part 2 8-1-15 Chris Danielson/NFB, Part 1 7-24-15 Autism Spectrum Disorder 7-18-15 Pat Stroh 7-11-15 Gary Frazier 7-4-15 Skip Leon 6-27-15 Zachary Barnum 6-20-15 Katie and Cerebral Palsy 6-9-15 Keith Buisse 6-6-15 Joe Steck, MankatoTimes.com 5-30-15 Curtis Pride 5-22-15 Knoxville, Dementia Friendly City 5-15-15 Vanessa Karbowski 5-8-15 Central Florida Disability Chamber 5-2-15 Hillary Marides 4-25-15 Daniel Mignerey revisited 4-18-15 Bipolar Disorder 4-11-15 Schizoaffective Disorder 4-3-15 Disability 200 years ago 3-28-15 Eric Nelson/ADHD 3-21-15 Jake French 3-14-15 Ed Koepp 3-6-15 Joanna Dunford 2-28-15 Finn Bullers Revisited 2-21-15 Finn Bullers 2-14-15 Daniel Mignerey 2-7-15 Alex Gutierrez Update 1-31-15 Tommi Mclaughlin 1-23-15 Joey the Little Genius 1-17-15 Mario Casella 1-10-15 Maurice Shoen 1-3-15 Paranoid Schizophrenia 12-27-14 Todd Neva Part Two 12-20-14 Todd Neva and ALS 12-13-14 Autism Spectrum Disorder 12-6-14 No Time To Quit, Cerebral Palsy 11-29-14 Sharon Gieseke 11-22-14 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 11-15-14 Life With Grace 11-8-14 Loneliness and the Holidays 11-2-14 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 10-25-14 Smile Network International 10-18-14 Becki Lanser 10-11-14 Dementia Mentors 10-4-14 Ken Aukett and Ostomies 9-27-14 SARDAA 9-20-14 Charles Steinbach/Paranoid Schizophrenia 9-13-14 Dummy Hoy for the Hall 9-6-14 Jason Rodie, Paralympics 8-30-14 Vulnerable People with Autism 8-23-14 Kathe Skinner 8-16-14 Sue Ihejirika 8-9-14 Teen with FAS Becomes Advocate 8-2-14 Mark Palmer 7-26-14 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 7-19-14 Todd Bode/TBI 7-12-14 Added Worries 7-5-14 Woodrow Wilson 6-28-14 Alzheimer's disease caregiving 6-21-14 Mario Casella Revisited 6-14-14 Adaptive Clothing 6-7-14 Gary Frazier/Deaf 5-31-14 Carol Gallatin/MS 5-24-14 Jeremiah Ray, artist 5-16-14 Homeless People w/Schizophrenia 5-10-14 Sarah Jane Brain Foundation 5-3-14 Sharon Stolberg 4-26-14 Robert Mingo and ADA lawsuit 4-19-14 Nicole Luongo 4-12-14 Secondary Conditions 4-5-14 John Tartaglio 3-29-14 Dayton Flyers Devin Oliver 3-22-14 PTSD 3-15-14 ReelAbilities Film Festival 3-8-14 Tait Berge 3-1-14 Meghan Rodo 2-22-14 Mario Casella/MCS 2-15-14 Kevin Grow 2-8-14 Joni Eareckson Tada 1-31-14 Paranoid Schizophrenia 1-24-14 Jim Gries 1-18-14 Less Valuable? 1-11-14 Daphne Frieden 1-4-14 Dr. Richard Davenport, stuttering 12-30-12 Asperger's syndrome |