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Archives for October 2014

This Seriously Awesome Sister Wants You to Ask Her What She’s Dressed Up As for Halloween

The Mighty Staff

Dup 15q Syndrome

father pushes around boy dressed in a mister rogers costume

This Kid's Mister Rogers Costume Is Definitely the Cutest One in the Neighborhood

The Mighty Staff

Spina Bifida

The Day I Decided to Say ‘Screw It’ to Being a Super Mom

Tricia Klein

Autism Spectrum Disorder

This Boy Keeps Finding More Epic Ways to Incorporate His Wheelchair Into His Halloween Costumes

The Mighty Staff

Muscular Dystrophy

These Are the Do’s and Don’ts of Interacting With People With Dyslexia

Rebecca Benn

Dyslexia

Why Brittany Maynard Says She Won't End Her Life This Week After All

The Mighty Staff

Brain Tumor

These Are the People You Should Cheer for at Special Olympics

Melissa McGlensey

Uncategorized Disorders

boy with autism wears his Halloween costume

When People Ask Why I Don't Leave My Son With Autism Home on Halloween

Andrea Thomason

Autism Spectrum Disorder

8 Good Things About Being a Special Needs Mom

Kerith Stull

Cerebral Palsy

When a Bus Passenger Was Rude to This Cancer Patient, Something Unexpected Happened

Melissa McGlensey

Cancer

Hugh Jackman Sends Important Instagram Message to Fans After Cancer Scare

The Mighty Staff

Skin Cancer

The Beautiful Way a Community Brought Magic to a Dying Child’s Final Days

Melissa McGlensey

Leukemia

mother kisses young daughter in the hospital

8 Ways to Help Families in the Hospital

Tracy Felix

General Parenting

You Can Stop Trying Because This Amputee Already Won Halloween

Melissa McGlensey

Limb Amputation

When I Discovered I Might Have ‘Learned Helplessness’

Travis Love

Why I Need to Help a Man I’ve Never Met

Megan Griffo

How a Car Dealership Gave This Teen With Intellectual Disabilities a New Lease on Life

Melissa McGlensey

Autism Spectrum Disorder

These Professional Hockey Players Kept It ‘Frozen’ Off the Ice for the Sweetest Reason

Melissa McGlensey

Cancer

My Kid Is the One Trying to Get Inside Your House This Halloween…

Tricia Klein

Autism Spectrum Disorder

A Letter to the Anonymous Emailer Who Judged a Special Needs Mom

Dawn Blum

Autism Spectrum Disorder

A cartoon character depicted shirtless with a Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon on one of her nipples

Daring Series Turns Famous Cartoon Characters Into Breast Cancer Survivors

The Mighty Staff

Breast Cancer

A couple touching heads together as they lie on grass

Doctors Told This Couple Their Time Together Was Limited. They Responded in the Most Beautiful Way.

Melissa McGlensey

Alopecia Areata

jack-o-lantern with text 'because halloween and autism can be scary'

Because Halloween and Autism Can Be Scary

Shawna Wingert

Autism Spectrum Disorder

This Blind 3-Year-Old Plays Piano Better Than Most Adults

Melissa McGlensey

Blindness

Boy with autism jumping over hurdles on a football field

The One Thing I Need My Child With Autism to Know

Anne Spence

Autism Spectrum Disorder

I Never Was an ‘I Got This’ Girl. Then, I Became a Mom.

Samantha Gill

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Photographer Combines Portraits With Handwritten Letters to Change the Way We All See Epilepsy

Megan Griffo

Epilepsy

This Song Beautifully Captures a Father's Experience With His Sick Child

Melissa McGlensey

Hirschsprung's Disease

Singer’s Touching New Video Brings Gift of Music to Those Facing Hearing Loss

The Mighty Staff

This Couple’s Magical Concert Moment Forever Changed a Musician’s Life

Melissa McGlensey

ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)