The challenges of living with a chronic illness or disability can be many. In her many years living with a chronic illness and severe disability, Shelley Peterman Schwarz has faced many challenges. Her uplifting articles cover a variety of experiences and topics from being newly diagnosed with a chronic illness to changing relationships with family and friends, giving up driving, working, walking..., coping with depression, fatigue, and other effects of chronic illness and disability, finding the up side of the down times, and more. We feel these articles will be of interest to you; please read them and be sure to check back for regular additions. If you do not see the topic that you are interested in, please let us know by e-mailing: help@MakingLifeEasier.com.

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