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Craig Fay: This List of Symptoms

November 8, 2019

Growing up, Craig Fay develops strategies to hide how terrible he is at math.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Craig Fay, math, learning disabilities, disability, diagnosis, Neuroatypical, Season 9

Kambri Crews: My Dad, Number 1133944

October 11, 2019

Kambri Crews attempts to smuggle a gift into prison for her father, who is deaf.

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Tags Kambri Crews, disability, deaf, sign language, language, prison, fathers, Season 9

Sandi Marx: My Brain Fog

August 3, 2018

When storyteller Sandi Marx begins to develop cognitive symptoms of lupus, she worries she'll lose the aspects of her personality that she values most.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Sandi Marx, lupus, chronic illness, disability

Jesse Shanahan: Searching for a Cause

February 16, 2018

Astrophysicist Jesse Shanahan tries to uncover the mysteries behind both the black holes she studies and her own chronic pain.

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In Physics, Astronomy Tags Jesse Shanahan, astrophysics, black holes, disability, chronic pain

Gabriela Serrato Marks: A Cave Geologist Who Can't Cave

January 19, 2018

After cave geologist Gabriela Serrato Marks develops fibromyalgia, exploring caves becomes a challenge.

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In Geology, Earth Science Tags Gabriela Serrato Marks, geology, disability, field work

Simon Wheatcroft: Running Blind

April 7, 2017

Blind athlete Simon Wheatcroft finds a way to run marathons by himself.

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In Technology Tags Simon Wheatcroft, disability, blindness, technology, running

Emily Caudill: Fading Notes

August 29, 2014

Musician Emily Caudill's life-saving chemotherapy treatment causes her to lose her hearing.

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Tags Emily Caudill, cancer, chemotherapy, music, disability, season 4

Kathleen Raven: Hearing

June 19, 2014

Science writer Kathleen Raven's unexpected loss of hearing takes her on a journey with modern technology.

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Tags Kathleen Raven, disability, deaf, technology, season 4

Greg Walloch: A walk in the park

September 16, 2012

A late-night excursion to a party turns absurd and then terrifying as Greg Walloch, who has cerebral palsy, can't jump the fence around Tompkins Square Park.

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Tags Greg Walloch, season 3, disability, cerebral palsy

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