Dear Abby advises a woman struggling to move on from her relationship with her ex-husband. DEAR ABBY: How do I get over my ex-husband? He wanted the divorce. I was told, not asked! It has been 10 years, yet I still dream about him. I haven’t been with him or any other man since then. … Read more
Nina Alexandridou isn’t afraid of taking big swings in life. And as a disabled pole dancer, the millennial often takes those swings around the pole with the support of her wheelchair. “When I do pole dancing, I feel beautiful,” Alexandridou, 28, a PhD candidate from Athens, Greece, exclusively tells The Post. Nina Alexandridou has routinely pole danced … Read more
Mason Branstrator is going the distance — one way or the other. The young man, now 20, just completed his first marathon in a wheelchair three years after breaking his T-12 vertebra in a skiing accident that saw him paralyzed from the waist down. “I was going for an ordinary day of downhill skiing, but … Read more
Meet the “holistic” sex worker who quit her job as a sales executive and now helps people with disabilities and mental health issues experience intimacy. Charlie Stephens, 41, has worked in the sex industry for five years and specializes in seeing people with trauma and disabilities. She has clients who have been unable to develop … Read more
Dear Abby consults a mom with a special needs son who is being labeled “unstable” and “dangerous.” Source link #Dear #Abby #son #disabled #neighbor #making #target
Frontier Airlines passengers are abusing the company’s wheelchair service to skip the line and secure priority boarding on their flights, the budget airline claims. “There is massive, rampant abuse of special services. There are people using wheelchair assistance who don’t need it at all,” CEO Barry Biffle said at a luncheon at the Wings Club … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a middle-aged gay man who has never had any serious relationships. A few months ago, I met a 22-year-old guy. He seemed really sweet and nice, and we had good times when we were together, so I let him use me for money. He played on the feelings I thought I … Read more
A British actress who appeared opposite Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman 1984” is “coming out” as “moderately” deaf after keeping her disability a secret in showbiz for more than a decade. Georgia Meacham, who has also appeared in the pages of British Vogue, says she learned to lipread in order to follow instructions from photographers … Read more
New research is sounding the alarm about the cleanliness of hospital bathrooms. Several strains of drug-resistant bacteria and fungi were discovered on the floors, ceilings, door handles, and toilet surfaces in three major hospitals in Scotland, according to a study presented at a conference this week for clinical microbiology and infectious diseases specialists. Gender-neutral toilets … Read more
“I want to have a job like you.” French entrepreneur Yann Bucaille-Lacrezac remembers the day he met Theodore, a young boy on the autism spectrum, during a cruise for an organization he created for those with special needs. “He came to me and he said, ‘I heard that you are a boss, can you give … Read more
Hair’s some positive news. A beautician who survived a tragic accident is fighting back against the cruelty and discrimination she said she has encountered as a disabled person — by opening her own, entirely accessible salon. Maddi Neal-Shankster, 22, from Coventry, England, was left paralyzed from the waist down after falling off a hotel balcony on … Read more
A woman in Ireland lost a more than $800,000 in an injury lawsuit stemming from a car crash after photos showed her launching a Christmas tree during a post-holiday competition – and winning the event. Kamila Grabska, 36, sued an insurance agency in the country, RSA Insurance, after a 2017 car crash she claimed caused her … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My son, who is 5, has a rare spinal cord injury from birth. He can crawl, but he does not walk well. We have spent many months and a lot of money ensuring he is getting the best physical therapy and medical care possible for his condition, and we adhere closely to the … Read more
Her pupils love these pupils. A special education teacher who lost her left eye in an accident says her students adore her $170,000 collection of glass peepers. Sunshine Jones, now 27, was left with impaired vision after a piece of wood pierced her left eyeball when she was five years old, causing it to deflate. … Read more
She got thrown under the bus. A disabled bus passenger elicited sympathy online after reportedly not giving up her bus seat to an elderly “Karen” — who reportedly decided to sit on her instead. A Reddit thread detailing the alleged etiquette dilemma is currently blowing up online. The unnamed Redditor explained that she suffers from … Read more
A Texas woman who divorced her husband later became his legal guardian — and is caring for him alongside her new husband. Kris Armstrong, 38, and Brandon, 38, tied the knot in August 2006 after a relationship that began as happy high school sweethearts. But two years into their marriage, Kris received a life-changing phone … Read more
He’s got perspective. A man has gone viral on TikTok after showing off his hyper-realistic prosthetic eye — although viewers may be even more “shaken” by what’s revealed behind it. Amit Ghose, 33, from Birmingham, was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), when he was two years old. The condition … Read more
The number of American children that have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities has increased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The agency unveiled new findings Thursday showing that nearly one in 10 children in the US were diagnosed with a developmental disability in 2021, an increase from previous years. Specifically, the prevalence in … Read more
Toby Addison, 21, recalled the mortifying moment years prior when he was kicked out of the gym for “creepily” staring at a woman — despite the fact he cannot see — while on the “Happy Hour Podcast” earlier in June. Addison, who shares his life as a blind person on his TikTok account, @blindtobes, said … Read more
A woman who was told to abort her baby because he would be born without arms is grateful she didn’t take doctors’ advice. Mariaan Strauss, 25, and her husband, Hendrik Strauss, 26, were excited to learn that Mariaan was pregnant, but 13 weeks in they got bad news. At their first ultrasound, they discovered that … Read more