In celebrating October National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Dakota Center for Independent Living would like to acknowledge all of the businesses in our communities who employ people with disabilities. This year’s theme, Inclusion Drives Innovation, spreads an important message that a strong work force is one that is inclusive of the skills and talents of […]
Hard to believe summer is almost over and kids are just about ready to head back to school. If your kids are anything like mine, some are excited to go back and others not so much. I have one child starting a new school this again this year and I have tried throughout this summer
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month is a public health and awareness campaign focusing on the leading genetic cause of the death in babies younger than two years of age. It is for increasing awareness of spinal muscular atrophy including the availability of carrier screening. Spinal muscular atrophy affects all types of individuals from different ethnic
It seems like when you have any type of disability, just when you think you are getting everything under control and have it together something comes along just to knock you down again. At least that is how I feel right now. I was doing better than I had in a long time actually. I
Take just one moment and imagine with me, a life like you never dreamed of. What does it look like? Pause…. Do you live in a castle with servants at your every whim? Do you live in a beach cabin that you own, no payments, no worries, just swimming, laying on the beach or surfing
One in five Americans experience a mental health problem in any given year. Yet many people suffer with their symptoms in silence. The stigma that continues to surround mental-health problems prevents them from getting the help they need. It’s a common problem I have seen all through my life. People often wait years to
Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month I thought this blog should be something about mental health. I had many ideas, but I thought maybe the best thing to do was to just talk about what every day life is like for people who deal with mental illness. Everyone does not have the same issues
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Having a child with a disability can make life different from what other moms of typical children experience. On a day like Mother’s Day, while friends receive cards from their kids, breakfast in bed as a result of the loving attempt from little chefs, and homemade gifts, your heart yearns for the day you hear
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Whether you have children with disabilities or not, it is starting to warm up outside and that means kids are ready to fill the sidewalks, backyards, pools, parks, and anywhere outside they can think to have fun. With the outdoors come many safety issues. Being a parent and pediatrician makes me a little neurotic when
The aim of ALS awareness month is to raise awareness about ALS, gather support for those affected by this condition and to encourage funding and research into a treatment or cure. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disease which destroys the ability to walk, speak, eat and breathe. ALS was first recognized
