Real Life with John Quinn
How John W. Quinn’s Parents’ Attitude about His Disability Created a Success Story. In John W. Quinns’s autobiography, Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral...
Inspirational stories
Tiny Light Niko
Niko Meet our first teenaged Tiny Light, Niko. Though confined to a wheelchair, Niko gets to do a lot of the same things as his brother. He loves skiing and...
Tiny Light Audrey
Audrey Audrey is a very independent 15 month old. She loves music and dancing and is calmed by a song. Audrey has Septo Optic Dysplasia. She was diagnosed at 6...
Never Give Up! Mike’s Success Story
My name is Mike Watson. I was born on April 25, 1975 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I was born with an umbilical cord around my neck…a breach baby. I started talking...
Andi “Everyday Hero”
Andi Age: 21 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Andi came to Moving Forward right after completing high school in her hometown where she attended a public school and participated in “regular”...
Proud Moments: Wyatt “Better than Hearing an Angel Sing”
Inspired by Wyatt December 27, 2009 Dear Editor, On December 25, 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the Christmas poem, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” the famous words...
The Present
I was walking across the yard today with Seth, as I have done so many times before, after getting him off of the bus. We were strolling more than walking,...
Art from the heart! Meet the Artist Angie
Angie Hometown: Brandon, Mississippi Angie is full of Love: Love of Hanna Montana, the Jonas Brothers, High School Musical and anything Disney. She loves to sing and dance. And she...
Resiliency Lessons from the Chilean Mine Triumph
A worldwide web of viewers watched 33 miners being pulled to the surface following a 600,000 ton cave-in that happened nearly one-half mile below the ground on a barren plain...
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 marked the one year anniversary of the passing of the visionary Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics founder, Best Buddies supporter, and champion of all people with...
