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What You Need to Hear on Your Darkest Days with Mental Illness
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It’s 2022, and I refer to 2013 as being 7 years ago. I don’t know where the time went and when I start to think about it, it’s all a blur, as if I have been on ...

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Religious Fasting and Eating Disorders: Balancing Faith and Recovery
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I admit that I am not a particularly religious person. While I am ethnically Jewish and was baptized in the Catholic church, my upbringing was not overly ...

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27 Horror and Halloween Chronic Illness Gifts for Spooky Spoonies
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Ahh, autumn, the season of change, and my favorite holiday -- Halloween! For one night, the veil between this world and the next is thin, and ghosts and ghouls ...

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Why Aren’t We Talking About the Disabled Actors in ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’?
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Unless you live under a rock, you've probably seen or heard about Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which is currently #1 on Netflix in the U.S., with over ...

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The Hunt for Healing in Life with Mental Illness
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Mental illness is a topic I research pretty often. I have struggled with anxiety and depression all of my life. While searching for answers, I found one I ...

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Learning to Sing Again After Becoming Deaf
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Deafness and music shouldn’t really go together but they do! OK, hear me out before you descend into wails of despair at the lack of awareness. I am a ...

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Sensory Chairs for Active Seating with Autism and ADHD: A Guide
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Sensory chairs can help children and adults with autism, ADHD, anxiety, and/or sensory processing disorder to focus at work and school. For neurodivergent ...

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How to Teach Non-Verbal Skills to Children Who Were Born Blind
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Non-verbal communication and behavior are two of the most problematic aspects of teaching and counseling people who were born with total or partial blindness.  ...

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16 Board Games Blind People and Those with Low Vision Can Play
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Board games and card games are loved by people of all ages and social backgrounds and there is a good reason for that -- they are great tools for learning, ...

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Coping with Vision Loss: A Guide to Life with Low Vision or Blindness
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So you've just found out you're going blind or have permanent vision loss. What do you do now? Coping with vision loss is a new experience for most people, as ...

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