Disorder

Artist Takes Glamour Shots to Combat Stigma of Chronic Illness

Melissa McGlensey

My Son Says 'Mama' in a Different Way Than Most, and I Love It

Sherry Clair

Dear Doctor Who Gave Us a Down Syndrome Diagnosis, This Is What You Should and Shouldn't Have Said

Kate Hogan Green

If I'd Known All This on the Day of Diagnosis, I Would Have Cried Much Less

Rebecca Wolf McWilliams

Once I Saw Past the Diagnosis, I Realized We Hit the Jackpot

Joy Parman

Adult With Nonverbal Autism Shares What Sensory Overload Feels Like for Her

Erin Polk

When I Feel Alone as a Mom to a Child With Special Needs, I Remember This

Lauren Casper

Why I'm Trading In My Comfy Slippers for a Diagnosis and High Heels

Ali Cummins

Dear Dad Facing Your Daughter's Down Syndrome Diagnosis, You're So Screwed...

Esteban Felipe

These Are All the Things I Worried About When My Daugahter Was Diagnosed With Down Syndrome

Sydnie Bill

When I First Knew My Daughter Had Down Syndrome

Maggie McKelvey

What I Would Tell You

Julie Keon

What I Wish I'd Known When My Baby Was Born the Size of My Hand

Virginia Speer

To the Girls Who Mocked My Son at the Mall

Lisa Smith

I Wish I'd Known This About My Son With Down Syndrome From Day One

Deborah Tomai

When I Heard the Word 'Autism' I Only Knew Stereotypes. Here's What I Know Now.

Cammie Wollner

Why This Woman Couldn't Keep Her Cystic Fibrosis a Secret Any Longer.

Rachel Kassenbrock

What I Should Have Told Myself When Doctors Said My Son May Have a Low Quality of Life

Sam Wade

We Got Our Diagnosis in the Last Place I Would Have Guessed

Jen Stacy

I Never Knew I'd Turn Into This Type of Person When My Son Was First Diagnosed

Jodi Murphy

How Cystic Fibrosis Is Like Fifth Grade Math

Elise Free

Dear Anyone Dealing With A Diagnosis, I Want You to Do This One Thing for Me

Liz O'Keeffe

Why We Decided to Have More Kids After Our First Was Born With a Rare Genetic Condition

Cynthia Godin

If I Could Rewind the Clock, I Wish I Would Have Known This About My Daughter's Diagnosis

Melissa Murphy

The Day I Got the Diagnosis I Actually Needed to Hear

Sue Abramowski

'Spectrum Cafe' Offers the Autism Community Much More Than a Cup of Joe

Melissa McGlensey

5 Truths I'd Tell My Past Self About Autism

Sophy Chaffee

The 6 Words That Terrified Me in the Delivery Room Don't Scare Me Anymore

Stephanie Sumulong

The Day I Found Out I Have Sensory Processing Disorder

Rachel S. Schneider

Watch a Spinal Cord Injury Patient Demonstrate an Invention That Could Help People Relearn to Walk

Rachel Kassenbrock