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The Lesson Stephen Hawking Taught Me About Disability

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything and I have my reasons for that (mainly, I’m just tired). So why did I choose to break my hiatus to write while in the midst of trying to shake pneumonia? Steven Hawking, one of the greatest minds to ever walk the earth, passed away. While I [...]

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Silhouette of a family comprising a father, mother and children walking into the sunset

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Stiff-person Syndrome

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What I Want My Fellow SPSers to Remember on Our Awareness Day

Imagine the thief who continues to tighten, seize, and hold your every muscle in eternal rigidity. Your relentless muscular spasticity fractures and collapses bones in your feet, fingers, knees, legs, and arms — even in your ribcage and your back. You constantly lose your grip on your cup full of water. You spill food and [...]

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How Stephen Hawking Changed Perceptions of People With Disabilities

Around the world, people are mourning the loss of Stephen Hawking, who died March 13 at the age of 76. A renowned physicist, cosmologist and author, he became one of the most influential scientists of all time. He developed revolutionary theories about the Big Bang and radiation emitting from black holes, which was named “Hawking [...]

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ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

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Stephen Hawking Dies at the Age of 76

Physicist Stephen Hawking has died, a spokesperson for the family told the BBC early Wednesday morning. He was 76 years old. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, when he was 21 in 1963 and was given two years to live. The British physicist went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University [...]

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Stephen Hawking and Rebecca Dann

Stephen Hawking and Rebecca Dann

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Disabled Artist Rebecca Dann's Self-Portrait Wins the Praise of Stephen Hawking

Not many people can say esteemed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking finds their work “truly inspiring.” That is, unless you are Rebecca Dann, a 22-year-old artist from the U.K. Dann submitted her self-portrait, titled “I’m Fine,” to a competition hosted by U.K. organization Disability Talk. The portrait shows the curvature of Dann’s back, the result of living with [...]

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Motor Neuron Diseases

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Stephen Hawking Has a Message for Anyone Who's Been in a 'Black Hole'

Renowned scientist and professor Stephen Hawking ended his latest lecture on black holes with a concept you don’t have to be a scientist to understand: hope. The lecture was at the Royal Institution in London on Jan. 7, the day before Hawking’s 74th birthday. Professor Stephen Hawking delivering his @BBCRadio4 #Reith lecture – pretty amazing start to 2016 pic.twitter.com/3ldCUSqt2L [...]