2009 ushers in role changes for MDA's Dynamic Duo
posted on January 1, 2009 - 2:43pm
Upon first seeing Billy Gilman and Luke Christie together, it’s impossible not to notice their special brand of camaraderie.
They ham it up, casting one-liners off each others’ remarks, their rapport and comedic timing guaranteed to get a laugh. Through their work for MDA, they’ve formed a bond of friendship, and more. In so many ways, they both enthuse, they’re like brothers.
posted on January 1, 2009 - 3:43pm
Ms. Wheelchair Michigan spreads message of self-advocacy and inclusion
posted on July 1, 2008 - 2:00pm
I’m 44 years old, and was officially diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) at age 19, so you might say this article is 25 years in the making! I can tell you with absolute certainty that over these 25 years I’ve learned that “we’re all in this together.”
posted on July 1, 2007 - 2:44pm
It started as an irritation and over the years evolved into a delicious ambition. How could I go about increasing accessibility in my community? Should I be the one to voice concerns? Would anyone listen? These were just some of the questions that echoed in my mind. The answers were soon to follow.
Former Ms. Wheelchair Maryland will expand opportunities for people with disabilities
posted on May 7, 2009 - 2:02pm
Right out of high school, Denise Thomas began volunteering to help people with disabilities find employment. Now, nearly two decades later, she’s more involved with helping than ever, and she’s become a familiar face to Washington-area residents and a force for good in the nation's capital.
Mattie Stepanek’s mother offers an inside look at the poet and former MDA National Goodwill Ambassador
posted on October 30, 2009 - 9:00pm
MDA National Vice President Jeni Stepanek will be a guest on the November 2 broadcast of ABC's "Good Morning America" to promote the release of Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J. T. Stepanek and Heartsongs, an inside look at the life of her famous son, who served as MDA’s National Goodwill Ambassador from 2002-2004.
MDA National Personal Achievement Award recipient credits success to ‘doing whatever is humanly possible'
posted on November 1, 2004 - 11:26am
“I’m an advocate every day of my life,” said Michael J. Wasser of Brooklyn, N.Y., a tax and real estate attorney with the New York City Law Department Office of the Corporation Counsel in the Tax and Bankruptcy Litigation Division.
“With every property I close on, every meeting I attend, every court I appear in, my achievements and abilities as an attorney illustrate that persons with...
posted on October 1, 1999 - 5:00pm
For Marybeth Waltman, a positive attitude is what sees her through her day as a government employee, community volunteer and wife.
"I don't let anything defeat me," says Waltman, of Rocky Hill, Conn. "I get up in the morning and I know what I have to do."
Photos of MDA families, sponsors and advocates who met with policymakers to share stories and gather support in August & September 2010
posted on October 4, 2010 - 5:26pm
This year's Fly Out was a resounding success, with dozens of MDA families, sponsors and advocates meeting with members of Congress and their staffs in states and districts from coast to coast (and even in Hawaii).
In all of these meetings, which took place in the home districts of more than 30 U.S. senators and representatives throughout August and September, families shared their stories...
Jonah Bascle, who has Becker muscular dystrophy, uses jokes, ramps and street protests to raise disability awareness in New Orleans
posted on October 8, 2010 - 3:55pm
Jonah Bascle (rhymes with “rascal”) unleashes his zany brand of stand-up comedy on New Orleans nightclub and restaurant patrons four or five times a week. As an unusual consequence of these gigs, more and more of the historical city’s old buildings are becoming accessible to people in wheelchairs.
As a guy who uses a wheelchair himself due to Becker muscular dystrophy, Bascle, 24, knows first...
