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MDA’s award-winning bimonthly national magazine goes to everyone registered with MDA, as well as to MDA clinics, researchers and subscribers.
Quest publishes articles on all aspects of living with a neuromuscular disease, and updates on research findings. Quest’s circulation is 125,000.
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Check Out the New Digital Version of Quest!
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Photography Bursts Fourth
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This still-life image, "Carmen Red," was created by Pennsylvania photographer Carl Yeager, who has SMA. Along with a portfolio of his work, this feature illustrates how digital technology has made photography much more accessible for people with disabilities.
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Stories by Topic
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Denise Weisenborn Fights for Employment
Who:
Denise Weisenborn, 50
Where:
Parma, Ohio
DX:
Spinal muscular atrophy, 20-plus years, symptoms since
childhood
What:
State commissioner for the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission,
overseeing and monitoring programs to help people with severe disabilities
find employment. Former defense attorney representing people with disabilities.
Former Ms. Wheelchair America runner-up..
How:
Creates new programs, including on-the-job training, to enable people
with disabilities to overcome obstacles to employment.
Denise says:
"I can truly understand what people with disabilities go through
[to find employment]. And I think that understanding what they're going
through, I can better help them to find a job that they need and they
want. Nobody understands until they've been through it." |
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