Disabilities - Daniel J. Vance

• Woman Taunted as a Teenager
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  My featured person this week agreed to be interviewed only under condition of anonymity. Janet" was born with


• Tinnitus Can Cause Serious Problems
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  Most people don't think of tinnitus as causing a disability, but our featured person this week does.


• Mental Health Counseling Week and Disability
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  Besides having penned this newspaper column about disability since 2002, I'm also a licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor.


• Chambers Destigmatizes Feeding Tube Use
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  According to a National Institutes of Health website, a person with Parkinsons Plus syndrome has all the symptoms of Parkinsons disease and additional "widespread damage to the part of the nervous system...


• Mom Loves Son With Asperger's
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  Asperger's syndrome is a high-functioning form of autism. Kelli Ra Anderson of St. Charles, Illinois, has two boys with Asperger's syndrome, ages 18 and 16.


• A personal experience with PTSD
  Daniel J Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  Since 1966, I have lived with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And, after all these years, I now have learned firsthand the difficult decision many people with mental illness face


• Spina Bifida - Abigail Vance
  Daniel J. Vance MS, LPC, NCC
  My 12-year-old daughter, who was born with a permanent disability, is one reason I write this column. For this week only, I've decided to let her take over my job of writing. So here is what she has to say in my place.