In this week's features from About.com's disability Guides, read about a hospital that denied a kidney transplant on the basis of a girl's intellectual disability. If that makes your blood boil, and you would like to make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities, consider becoming an advocate. For the classroom or at home learning, find tools for teaching high frequency sight words and phonemic awareness. And while it is flu season, if you've recently stopped taking antidepressants and feel as if you're getting sick, it might be discontinuation syndrome.
My brother is disabled. He cannot walk or talk. He is in a wheelchair.