Continuing our focus on Disability Pride Month, I started thinking that we all are different, but is disability just another form of different? It’s one thing for an adult to stare at me in my power wheelchair and make unintentionally…
Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July. Pride in disability? For real? Yes, for real. As A Couple Takes on MS, Dan and I are proud, but it is complicated. Am I proud that I no longer can walk and the…
In Episode 77, Dan (and he admits it) was struggling cognitively. But was his scatteredness because he was tired? Age? Doing too much? Living with Multiple Sclerosis? In response to these questions, we can answer potentially, maybe, possibly and perhaps.…
Not every person could seamlessly tie together the concepts of Step Therapy Reform and the Crap Gap. You just need to leave it to A Couple. Because to us it makes perfect sense to connect: • A bill in the…
So often it seems the more you do, the harder it is to keep your head above water. You tell yourself you just need to get through this task. This morning. This day. Phrases like, “It can wait until tomorrow,”…
Since her MS diagnosis in September 2019, Brittany Quiroz—also known as a “A Hot MS”— has been a powerful voice in the Multiple Sclerosis community. Brittany is an author, speaker, MS activist and a talented singer Whew! Did we say she’s…
More than 50 million people across the United States live with the primary responsibility of caring for a loved one, such as a spouse. A parent. A child. A sibling. A close relative. A friend. They are the family caregivers…
Do you approach life’s challenges from the glass is half-full or the glass is half-empty perspective? Or, are you like Jennifer’s friend Nora and think, “This isn’t the drink I ordered.” None of us really have a choice in the…
Talking about a person in a wheelchair likely isn’t the first thing people think of when discussing fashion shows and models on the runway. Jennifer will change all of this April 15 when she is among the more than 100…
One of the biggest ways we have faced off with our Multiple Sclerosis is using our voices to make positive changes as MS activists. This includes our recent trips to the nation’s Capitol in Washington, D.C., and to Michigan’s state…