When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Wichita, Kansas, nurse Heather McFann was at a loss as to what to do for...
Natalie Linn has lived with chronic pain since she was in first grade. Her flares all but disappeared for a decade then...
Hannah Weitzman is almost 10 and the only kid with hearing loss in her neighborhood in Chappaqua, New York. When her family...
PROSTOCK-STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK As I continue to make connections with young people who live with disabilities, I am finding that many of them rely...
Right around the winter holidays a year ago, we first heard the news of the coronavirus as it appeared in Wuhan, China....
ELIZ A/SHUTTERSTOCK According to a report published by Feeding America, one in every six Americans, about 50 million people, will be food...
Having health insurance in this country has been a major topic of discussion in recent years. You hear about it on the...
From the time she adopted Anthony, at age 4, Wendy Tonker knew he was special. He was special because he was diagnosed...
For most of us in this country the idea of social distancing is a new one. When we greet each other it...
Owing to increased attention during recent decades, few professionals who are interested in the well-being of youth remain unaware of the challenges...
When I was in graduate school at Brooklyn College back in the late 1990s, I took a class in special education where...
Minority youth are more likely to become incarcerated than white youth. This fact is so prevalent that even people outside the juvenile...