As a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the last 5 1/2 years, I have served on the Healthcare Council and as vice chairman of the Healthy Seniors Committee. We have passed many vital and beneficial pieces of legislation to help seniors in Florida. ...more

June 23, 2008

I am a disabled senior citizen having to rely on a service dog. It is a certified service dog prescribed by a doctor for hearing assistance as well as companionship relative to my sickness. I have all the necessary paperwork for those who have a good need to know. ...more

June 12, 2008

When the first wave of state budget cuts came, the Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens looked for savings wherever it could. ...more

May 26, 2008

Carmen Nunez was escorted to a dance at the Brandon Community Center recently by the same gentleman who was by her side at her 1947 high school prom - her husband of 60 years, Philip Nunez. ...more

May 23, 2008

The international court's ruling Friday that gives a South African double-amputee the opportunity to compete for an Olympic berth is a victory for all disabled people who long for equality in the able-bodied world. ...more

May 20, 2008

Don't let the wheelchair fool you. Allen Fox is a one-man demolition crew. ...more

May 13, 2008

Thousands of people every day see him dressed in a Lady Liberty or Uncle Sam costume, waving a placard for a Bradenton tax service. ...more

February 19, 2008

One recent morning, dozens of elderly and disabled people gathered at Small Loans. Many had borrowed money from Small Loans and turned over their Social Security benefits to pay back the high-interest lender. Now they were waiting for their "allowance" - their monthly check, minus Small Loans' cut. ...more

February 13, 2008

AVON PARK — Ann Romney doesn't like to talk about politics, but she did tell a crowd of about 125 that her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is the kind of man who loves his family. "His children and grandchildren are what makes his life rich and fulfilled," his wife said. They've known each other since elementary school, said Ann Romney, 58, an attractive, slender blonde in a black pantsuit and silver pearls. She appeared at Iris & Butterflies, 207 Circle Park Drive, on Wednesday morning, and spent an hour talking to the crowd that gathered in the back room. ...more

January 24, 2008

The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than dummy pills for most patients and may be less so, researchers report. ...more

January 4, 2008