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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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Game to Get Away
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Online games provide an alternate world
in which to play, say gamers with neuromuscular
diseases. Here’s a primer of terminology,
gaming options, social tips and
info on how playing may affect muscles.
In addition, Kid Quest, page 69, provides
Internet gaming safety tips for kids.
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Stories by Topic
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QUEST
Volume 8, Number 1, February 2001
COVER
- Singing in the Reign
When she isn't traveling the country and making personal appearances as Ms. Wheelchair America, Nicki Ard is performing and recording gospel music. She's dedicated her reign to showing the potential of people with disabilities.
Photo by Renee Walsh.
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FEATURES |
- Sorting Out Speech Services
In neuromuscular diseases, muscle weakness may affect lip and tongue mobility, swallowing or breathing -- all of which can interfere with speaking. Speech-language therapy can help you
develop ways to communicate.
- Think You Can't Work?
Meet six people who ignored family objections, got new training, and solved transportation, accessibility and bathroom problems so they could hold down rewarding jobs
- CMT and DS: From Clear-Cut Endings to Complex Beginnings
Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Dejerine-Sottas diseases may involve 18 or more different genes. Here's an update on where research stands.
- Choose to Cruise
Travel writer Andy Vladimir, who has myotonic muscular dystrophy, gives a primer on finding a cruise that's accessible, affordable and fun.
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Research Updates
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