Race-car driving is not a sport for the cautious or faint-hearted. It takes a special kind of courage to strap yourself into a vehicle that travels at 200 MPH, and…

Imagine being born with a condition that compromises your sight from birth, adapting to the challenge of limited eyesight from day 1, then losing your sight completely at 12 due…

If you haven’t heard of Ralph Braun, I promise that his story will inspire you. Despite being born with muscular dystrophy which required him to use a wheelchair to get…

Football is a dangerous sport, and nobody knows that fact better than former Rutgers star Eric LeGrand. After suffering a serious spinal cord injury during a game, doctors gave LeGrand…

This month’s Chicken Soup for the Sole is all about Steve Gleason, a former NFL football player whose life changed forever when he learned he had ALS, also known as…

This month’s subject for Chicken Soup for the Sole is the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Although she was a famous Mexican artist whose name and work you’ve likely heard of,…

Imagine that you’re a talented young dancer whose career is just beginning to take off. Now imagine that you’re in a serious automobile accident that claims one of your legs.…

There’s no reason that having a physical difference should ever slow you down. It certainly didn’t slow down Tanni Grey-Thompson, who is an 11-time gold medal-winning Paralympic wheelchair racer. Despite…

Although there are quite a few deaf actors working today, chances are the most successful and well-known is Marlee Matlin. Not only is she the youngest person to ever won…