You can always repeat a greeting to make sure the person heard, but Miss Manners cautions that with more casual acquaintances ...

Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability memoir more relevant than ever.

The Philadelphia-based healthcare professional still wasn't in touch with her parents when she first started planning for her estate in the mid-2000s, and she wasn't sure when they would speak again.