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Tag Archives: disorders
Miss, You Can Do It!
The Miss You Can Do It Pageant will be featured in a new HBO documentary airing June 24 at 9 p.m. EDT. The documentary follows eight contestants with varying disabilities as they prepare and compete in the pageant. Miss You … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 years, 2008, abbey, alexis, america, beauty, beauty queen, cerebral palsy, congenial, contest, curran, disorders, documentaries, entertainment, hbo, hbo documentary, iowa usa, living with disabilities, miss iowa, miss usa, miss you can do it pageant, NARIC, neurological disorders, non-profit, owusu, pageant, performing with disabilities, teddowusu, teddy, wineman
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Miss All American Standout
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but beauty in its truest sense just cannot be denied. 18-year-old Alexis Wineman, the reigning Miss Montana, always knew there was something about her that wasn’t the norm. At age 11 she … Continue reading
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Tagged alexis, america, autism, beauty, butterworth, communication, communication disabilities, communication disorders, congenial, contest, disorders, living with disabilities, macy's, miss america, miss montana, montana, neurological disorders, owusu, pageant, parade, teddowusu, teddy, wineman
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Movement Disorders: Friedreich’s Ataxia
October is Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA or FRDA) and movement disorders month. Movement disorders are caused by disease or damage to various parts of the brain and affect over 10 million people in the United States. Most are classified as neurological … Continue reading
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Tagged ataxia, brain, Disabilities, disability, disease, disorders, fa, frda, friedreich's, injury, mobility, movement, october, owusu, spinal cord, teddowusu, teddy, trinucleotides
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SAMHSA Announces a Working Definition of “Recovery” from Mental and/or Substance Abuse Disorders
On Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the first working definition of recovery from mental disorders and/or substance abuse disorders. The working definition is the result of a year-long-effort that began in … Continue reading
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Tagged disorders, initiative, mental health, recovery, SAMHSA, substance abuse, working definition
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