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.

• Palm Pilot Connects Girl With Classroom
  An enterprising parent finds a high-tech way to make school and computer use easier for his daughter.
  
  
• Parent Advisory Councils
  Parents are their children's primary advocates when it comes to obtaining special supports at school. Other parents can help.
  
  
• When You've Gotta Go . . .
  A simple trip to the john isn't so simple when you have a muscle disorder.
  
  
• Home Is Where the Help Is
  Whether you call them personal care attendants or home health care workers, it takes time, patience, trust and a firm hand to find and manage people who help with your in-home care.
  
  
• Simply Stated...
  Germ Line Mosaicism