Society & Disability Culture

• From Where I Sit: Riding the Bullitt (September/October 2008)
• Books Reviews: Living with Muscle Disease (September/October 2008)
• ADA Roundup 2008 (July/August 2008)
• From Where I Sit – It Could Be Worse (May/June 2008)
• Wish Granted (May/June 2008)
• InfoQuest - Resources (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Books (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• A Fondness for Film (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Stars & Stripes Grab World Cup in Overtime (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• To Boldly Go – New York, New York (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• Six Familiar Faces – Catching up With Past MDA National Personal Achievement Award Recipients (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• Written in the Stars – Former National Goodwill Ambassador Receives Top Award (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• From Where I Sit –No, No, No!...Well, OK (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• Books (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• To Boldly Go – Caribbean Cruise (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• Navigating Airline Baggage Restrictions (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• U.S. Power Soccer Team Ready for Premier World Cup (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• PowerHockey – A League of Their Own (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• From Where I Sit – Universal Access (July/August 2007)
• Read All About It (July/August 2007)
• Dive into ‘Charlie’s Lake’ (July/August 2007)
• An ADA World (July/August 2007, Quest Extra)
• To Boldly Go – ADA & Hotel Hospitality (July/August 2007)
• Balancing the Scales – Americans with Disabilities Act (July/August 2007)
• Fishing for Inclusion (May/June 2007)
• From Where I Sit — Life as a Clown (May/June 2007)
• Darius Keeps Going (May/June 2007)
• InfoQuest (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• Ms. Wheelchair America Chooses Massachusetts 'Woman of Strength' (Nov./Dec. 2006)
• Toughing It Out: The ADA at 16 (July 2006)
• Multiple Minorities (July 2006)
• All I Want for Christmas (Nov. 2005)
• From Where I Sit — In Search of the 'Real Me' (Mar./Apr. 2005)
• Rosa Helps Build 'Shared Meaning' Between Two Worlds (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• Connections — Denise Weisenborn (Sept./Oct. 2004)
• Cast Your Vote (July/Aug. 2004)
• From Where I Sit — Dubious Victory Over Medicaid (Mar./Apr. 2004)
• An Interview With Janet Reno (Nov./Dec. 2003)
• Making the ADA Work for You (June 2002)
• To Serve or Not to Serve (running for office) (April 2002)
• Maneuvering through Medicare (June 2001)
• ADA Reaches 10th Year (June 2000)
• A Busy Year in Washington (disability issue update) (Aug. 1999)
• The Verdict: Life Isn't Beautiful (under the ADA) (June 1999)
• What Our Government Has — And Hasn't—Done for Us This Year (Dec. 1998)
• Election 1998: Go Vote (Aug. 1998)
• The War of the Words: Who Won? (language and disability survey report) (Feb. 1998)
• Disabilities in the Media: The Movies (Aug. 1997)
• Changing the World Begins at Home (outstanding leaders) (Summer 1996)

Independence

• From Where I Sit: Riding the Bullitt (September/October 2008)
• Resources for Safe Independence (September/October 2008, Quest Extra)
• Rolling with Laughter: Evel Knievel Dreams (July/August 2008)
• Dog Day Afternoons are Just Fine by Him (March/April 2008)
• Moving Out: Operation Get a Life (May/June 2008)
• Cows, Horses and Dance: This Lady Wastes no Time (March/April 2008)
• Quest Tech – Use It & Pass It Along (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Stars & Stripes Grab World Cup in Overtime (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Quest Tech – Write On! (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• Six Familiar Faces – Catching up With Past MDA National Personal Achievement Award Recipients (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• Written in the Stars – Former National Goodwill Ambassador Receives Top Award (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• From Where I Sit – No, No, No!...Well, OK (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• U.S. Power Soccer Team Ready for Premier World Cup (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• PowerHockey – A League of Their Own (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• An ADA World (July/August 2007, Quest Extra)
• Into the Internet Future (July/August 2007)
• Easy Ways to Wheel — Manual Wheelchairs (July/August 2007)
• Balancing the Scales – Americans with Disabilities Act (July/August 2007)
• Dignified Dining — Tools & Techniques for Mealtimes (May/June 2007)
• Is Your PCA Driving You Crazy? (March/April 2007)
• Where Are All the PCAs? (March/April 2007)
• Sex and the City, Disability Style (March/April 2007)
• Quest Insider (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• Connections: Not Just Another Day at the Movies (Nov./Dec. 2006)
• To Share & Share Alike: Blogs (Nov./Dec. 2006)
• Teacher Finds His Calling (Nov./Dec. 2006)
• Keeping Your Home Safe & Accessible Without Spending a Fortune (Sept. 2006)
• Connections: Original T-Shirt Design (Sept. 2006)
• A View of the World From Down Under (July 2006)
• Toughing It Out: The ADA at 16 (July 2006)
• What Would Rover Say? Dogs Aren't the Only Service Animals (July 2006, Quest Extra)
• Connections: Knowledge Is Power (July 2006)
• Doing It Yourself (May 2006, Quest Extra)
• Connections: Healing Time (May 2006)
• Wheels of Steel (March 2006, Quest Extra)
• Exploring Inner Space (Jan. 2006)
• Supervillians and Heroes, On My! (Jan. 2006)
• Connections: Meet Gary Letourneau (Jan. 2006)
• Doing It Yourself (Nov. 2005, Quest Extra)
• Hip to Be... Trach Chic (Nov. 2005, Quest Extra)
• Kent Kreiger: The Storyteller (Nov. 2005)
• Dealing With Disability...Day by Day (Mar./Apr. 2005)
• Journey to Independence (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• From Where I Sit - The Night I Became Independent (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• Getting There From Here (local transportation) (Dec. 2001)
• Unlocking Independence (Oct. 2001)
• Growing Up and Taking Charge (June 2001)
• When You've Gotta Go... (solving bathroom problems) (Feb. 2001)
• Teens Thinking About Tomorrow (Spring 1996)

Costs & Financial Resources

• InfoQuest: Funding Home Modifications Resources (September/October 2008)
• InfoQuest: Hand Controls, Turning Seats & Funding Resources (July/August 2008)
• Hand Controls Keep You on the Go (July/August 2008)
• InfoQuest: Help with Funding (May/June 2008)
• Playing the Money Game: Funding Challenges and Options (May/June 2008)
• Moving Out: Operation Get a Life (May/June 2008)
• IEP Resources for Assistive Technology and Learning Disorders (March/April 2008, Quest Extra)
• Selling Prints for Dog Prints (March/April 2008)
• As the Wheel Turns: From Chariots to Computer Chips (March/April 2008)
• How to get Your Child’s School to Provide Assistive Technology or Help with Learning Disabilities (March/April 2008)
• The SCHIP Football (March/April 2008)
• InfoQuest - Resources (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Quest Tech – Use It & Pass It Along (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• The Tax Man Cometh: Pointers for Filers with Disabilities (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• InfoQuest – Health Care, Insurance & Government Programs (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• The Gift of Giving (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• MDA Task Force Sends Letters About Medicare DME Restrictions (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• InfoQuest – Accessible Housing (July/August 2007)
• Fair Housing – Accessible Apartments (July/August 2007)
• AT Funding Challenge (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• Tax Breaks (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• Fear, Dread and Loathing: Special Needs Trusts (Nov. - Dec. 2006)
• Show Me the Money: Van Financing Options (July 2006)
• Funding Freedom (May 2006)
• Get Yours! Don't Overlook Disability Tax Breaks (Jan. 2006)
• Take It All Off — Take 2 (tax tips) (Jan./Feb. 2005)
• New Medicaid Program Offers Cash & Counseling (Jan./Feb. 2004)
• Shopping for Your Health (prescription drug costs) (Sept./Oct. 2003)
• From Where I Sit — The Middle-Class Trap (July/Aug. 2003)
• The Money Trail (July/Aug. 2003)
• Maneuvering Through Medicare (June 2001)
• Used, But Not Used Up (secondhand equipment) (June 1999)
• You Can Take it With You (disability benefits) (Dec. 1998)
• Finding Tax Breaks So Your Taxes Won't Break You (Jan. 1997)

Psychological Factors

• The Brain in MMD (September/October 2008)
• Book Reviews: Caregiving, Living with Muscle Disease & Travel (July/August 2008)
• From Where I Sit – It Could Be Worse (May/June 2008)
• The Artist Inside (May/June 2008, Quest Extra)
• Crimes Against People with Disabilities: It’s Common, Offenders Often Close to Home (May/June 2008)
• Moving Out: Parents Seek New Options for Their Adult Children (May/June 2008)
• From Where I Sit – No, No, No!...Well, OK (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• Books (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• The Wheelchair Lucy Show (March/April 2007)
• From Where I Sit (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• Jumping Turkeys and Funny Hats (Nov. - Dec. 2006)
• Rolling With Laughter: My Wild and Wonderful Wife (Nov. - Dec. 2006)
• Life Satisfaction Study Yields Some Surprises (Sept. 2006)
• As I Sit Aging (Sept. 2006)
• Are You Looking at Me? Let Stares Be Dares to Conversation (Sept. 2006)
• A View of the World From Down Under (July 2006)
• Multiple Minorities (July 2006)
• Rolling With Laughter: Grandparenting From a Wheelchair (July 2006)
• Helping Kids Understand (July 2006)
• Seeing Is Believing: Kids With Disabilities on the Screen (May 2006)
• Happy Unbelievable Birthday (March 2006)
• Rolling With Laughter: So You Think I'm Lucky? (March 2006)
• Exploring Inner Space (Jan. 2006)
• Rolling With Laughter: The Accidental Transfer (Jan. 2006)
• Rolling With Laughter: My 15 Fizzazzled Minutes of Fame (Sept. 2005)
• Rolling With Laughter: Nightmare on Elm Street (May/June 2005)
• Self-Image (May/June 2005)
• Self-Image: Who Do I Think I Am? (May/June 2005, Quest Extra)
• Substance Abuse (July/Aug. 2004)
• Therapy Is Where You Find It (mental health counselors) (Mar./Apr. 2004)
• From Where I Sit — Grieving Disability (Sept./Oct. 2003)
• Laughter: The Prescription for Life (July/ Aug.2003)
• From Where I Sit...Who's the Dummy? (public reaction to disability) (Mar./Apr. 2003)
• Someone Like Me (public speaking) (Feb. 2003)
• From Where I Sit — Aloneness (Dec. 2002)
• Connecting the MDA Way (Dec. 2000)
• Aging with NMD (Aug. 2000)
• Where There's Loss, There's Grief (June 2000)
• Rein in Holiday Stress (Dec. 1999)
• Steppin' Out in Style (personal appearance) (Oct. 1999)
• The War of the Words: Who Won? (language and disability survey report) (Feb. 1998)
• Disabilities in the Media: The Movies (Aug. 1997)
• Life Without a Smile (FSHD) (June 1997)
• Living With Becker MD: Lack of Understanding Leads to Frustration (Winter 1996)
• Is Laughter the Best Medicine? (Fall 1996)

Safety

• Resources for Safe Independence (September/October 2008, Quest Extra)
• A Hodgepodge of Mods (September/October 2008)
• Taking it to the Next Level: A Home Ramp Primer (September/October 2008)
• Home Mods: Everything was Falling Apart (September/October 2008)
• Finding the Perfect Used Accessible Home (September/October 2008)
• Flying Solo the Safe Way (September/October 2008)
• ADA Roundup 2008 (July/August 2008)
• Hand Controls Keep You on the Go (July/August 2008)
• Crimes Against People with Disabilities: It’s Common, Offenders Often Close to Home (May/June 2008)
• As the Wheel Turns – Wheelchair Disasters Offer Simple Safety Lessons (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Balancing the Scales – Americans with Disabilities Act (July/August 2007)
• What Will You Do in a Disaster? — Emergency Prep (May/June 2007)
• Keeping Your Home Safe & Accessible Without Spending a Fortune (Sept. 2006)
• Life Turned Upside Down (Nov. 2005)
• The Ten Commandments of Wheelchair Safety (Sept. 2005)
• Plan Ahead for Emergencies (Sept. 2005)
• The Great Escape (safety planning) (Feb.2002)
• Virginia Woman Pioneers Adapted Fire Extinguisher (Dec. 1999)
• Surprise Attack! The Gentle Art of Fighting Back (Feb. 1999)
• A Call for Safety — Emergency Preparations (Fall 1996)

Personal Assistants & Attendant Care

• Moving Out: Operation Get a Life (May/June 2008)
• Is Your PCA Driving You Crazy? (March/April 2007)
• Where Are All the PCAs? (March/April 2007)
• My Favorite PCA (March/April 2007, Quest Extra)
• Despite Challenges, People Love Their Live-Ins (Nov. 2005)
• Bringing Home the Possibilities (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• From Where I Sit - The Night I Became Independent (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• From Where I Sit — Dubious Victory Over Medicaid (Mar./Apr. 2004)
• From Where I Sit — A Day in the Life (Nov./Dec. 2003)
• Unlocking Independence (Oct. 2001)
• Home Is Where the Help Is (Feb. 2001)
• What Our Government Has — And Hasn't—Done for Us This Year (Dec. 1998)
• Teens Thinking About Tomorrow (Spring 1996)

Government Programs

• InfoQuest: Funding Home Modifications Resources (September/October 2008)
• MDA Advocacy Report: Meet GINA (September/October 2008)
• MDA Advocacy Report: MDA’s National Advocacy Program Wants You! (July/August 2008)
• ADA Roundup 2008 (July/August 2008)
• InfoQuest: Help with Funding (May/June 2008)
• Playing the Money Game: Funding Challenges and Options (May/June 2008)
• Moving Out: Operation Get a Life (May/June 2008)
• IEP Resources for Assistive Technology and Learning Disorders (March/April 2008, Quest Extra)
• Volunteering to Assist the Military: How to Help (March/April 2008)
• As the Wheel Turns: From Chariots to Computer Chips (March/April 2008)
• How to get Your Child’s School to Provide Assistive Technology or Help with Learning Disabilities (March/April 2008)
• The SCHIP Football (March/April 2008)
• InfoQuest - Resources (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• Quest Tech – Use It & Pass It Along (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• The Tax Man Cometh: Pointers for Filers with Disabilities (Jan./Feb. 2008)
• InfoQuest – Health Care, Insurance & Government Programs (Nov./Dec. 2007)
• MDA Task Force Sends Letters About Medicare DME Restrictions (Sept./Oct. 2007)
• InfoQuest – Accessible Housing (July/August 2007)
• An ADA World (July/August 2007, Quest Extra)
• Fair Housing – Accessible Apartments (July/August 2007)
• Balancing the Scales – Americans with Disabilities Act (July/August 2007)
• MDA Protest Alters Medicare Policy (Jan./Feb. 2007)
• From Where I Sit: Medicaid Reform Needed Now (Sept. 2005)
• Medicare Drug Policy Concerns (Nov./Dec. 2004)
• From Where I Sit — Dubious Victory Over Medicaid (Mar./Apr. 2004)
• New Medicaid Program Offers Cash & Counseling (Jan./Feb. 2004)
• A Boost In Medicaid Money? (Nov./Dec. 2003)
• Maneuvering Through Medicare (June 2001)