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The Real Measure of a Nation
There are ways to measure a country’s progress that rarely show up in economic projections. Sometimes the more revealing measure is quieter: what happens to people who need support when money becomes tight. Disability policy can become strangely impersonal, reduced to budgets, debts, and arguments over what a government can afford. That question followed Pope…
When Disability Changes the Game
CW: Illness & Injury Throughout his basketball career, Kristaps Porziņģis has built his future around what his body could do. Basketball rewarded him for asking extraordinary things of it, for its strength and endurance, and for its ability to perform at a level few people ever reach. When injuries came, there was a familiar story…
When Faith and the Doctor Disagree
CW: Child Abuse, Murder, & Death In August, 26-year-old Isaac Valdez suffered a seizure while visiting his local library in Waxahachie, Texas. He convulsed, struck his head and lost consciousness. What began as a medical emergency soon became something much more complicated: a question about faith, treatment and how far a person’s right to choose…
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