Coping with Disabilities

The Joy of Coping: Coming to Terms with Cancer, MS, Stroke, Anxiety or Another Debilitating Illness

This course is for those struggling with the disabling effects caused by cancer, a brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, stroke, anxiety. . . to name a few. Lessons support and guide learner to reclaim their dignity and life after a debilitating illness has occurred. Lessons can also help caretakers, spouse, and family of a disabled or seriously ill person better understand and support their loved one. [Learn more]

A Coping Blurb from Art

By Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. ~ Therapist and Brain Tumor Survivor

What does it mean to be disabled? Is disability a medical diagnosis? Is a person diagnosed with cerebral palsy or with cancer disabled? And if the person's prognosis is probable death in six months, is the person disabled? These are questions, which penetrate the soul. I have been told that my spinal stinosis will deteriorate and eventually I will be unable to walk. When will that be? The brain surgery in 1999 was only partially successful in that, a part of the tumor entered the mid-brain and could not be removed. Will the tumor return? Maybe. When? Who knows? Should I worry? That's the question we face. Worry brings on stress and we understand stress to be unhealthy. So what shall I do? I live a vulnerable life. It's curious because once I recognize my vulnerability I can live without fearing the future. The future and what ever it holds will happen, so I choose to enjoy myself, my family, my life for today, this moment…for now.


Arthur Soissons-Segal's is the creator and instructor of The Joy of Coping: Coming to Terms with Cancer, MS, Stroke, Anxiety or Another Debilitating Illness. Learn more about Art and his course here.

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