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Americans see the disabled, physically and mentally, as half people.
-- Richard M. Cohen
More than 130 million people live with chronic illness. Richard M. Cohen is one of them, and he writes about what it means to be your own health care advocate and how to claim your own voice. Read More.
About Richard M. Cohen
Richard M. Cohen is an award-winning journalist and writer who also lives with multiple sclerosis. He also writes "Chronically Upbeat," an online column for AARP: The Magazine. He is the author of Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness and Strong at the Broken Places, both New York Times best-sellers. Read More.
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Media Library
- A Day in the Life of Richard Cohen
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- Winning Against Cancer Pt 1
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- Winning Against Cancer Pt 2
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- Living With Stroke
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- Fighting Mental Illness Pt 1
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- Fighting Mental Illness Pt 2
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- Chronic Illness 101
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- Doctor Takes a Stand Sitting Down
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- Death Came Too Soon
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- Put on a Happy Face Pt 1
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- Put on a Happy Face Pt 2
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- Hearing the Worst From Your Doctor
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- Physician, Heal Thyself
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- Diabetes War Pt 1
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- Diabetes War Pt 2
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- Disabled and Independent
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- Tending to Alzheimer's
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