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Hi GWA: Thank you for your comments to my post. I agree wholeheartedly, that we all need to join together and make our collective voices heard in Washington. There are a lot of disability advocacy groups fighting to better our lives in Washington, but unfortunately, far too often, those efforts are ...

Fighting for disability rights in America: Win, lose...or die trying. On August 23, 2007, after waiting nearly two years to present my case before a social security administrative judge, I was awarded full retroactive SSDI benefits. Am I happy that I won the battle? Yes and No. Prior to being stric...

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Following please find my editorial that is being published next week in the Access Press newspaper in Minnesota which addresses disability issues. A full page story is also being published this month in the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation's magazine, MSFocus, as well as in the Accelerated Cure project...

Two months ago, I launched a grassroots initiative to change the way Social Security Disability benefits are awarded to victims of MS and other chronically disabling illnesses. My goal is to gather 10,000 signatures within the next year in order to establish credibility at the federal level. I am al...

As of noon today, nearly 1,200 people have signed the SSA Disability "Chronic Illness" Insurance Amendment Petition posted at http://www.petitionthem.com/?sect=detail&pet=3685 In order to get the attention of our federal lawmakers, 10,000 signatures are needed. Here's your opportunity ...

Last week, The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation published a story regarding my petition initiative to change the way Social Security Disability benefits are awarded to victims of MS and other chronically disabling illnesses. They are also running a full page article about this important effort in the n...

Since Ar Mellor from the Accelerated Cure Project, Stuart Schlossman from Stu's Views and MS Related News, and a few other MS organizations have posted my Social Security Reform petition on their websites during the past few weeks, over 500 MS patients, physicians, members of disability advocacy org...

One of the side effects of a steroid such as Solumedrol is that it can elevate blood sugar levels. As such, administrators of the treastment monitor these levels carefullly. In some patients, it can create temporary diabetic-like symptoms. Also, those who receive Solumedrol and/or oral Prednisone re...

Here is some background on why this effort is so important to MS patients and others who suffer from chronic illness. This past year, I helped spearhead a movement to secure flood insurance for coastal homeowners who are ineligible to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program and who can n...