Society
Scholarships
fuel dreams
Because of her mom’s MS,
COURTESY OF THE GATEWAY AREA CHAPTER
Caterina Fedyk,
the Society’s 2012
Presidential Scholar,
learned early on how
to think outside the
box—or what she
calls the “sandbox.”
“Since my mom couldn’t play
in the backyard, I was the only
kid with a sandbox on the deck,”
she says. “But she was there,
helping me build sandcastles,
and that was all that mattered.”
When her mother eventually
had to spend more time in bed,
they would lie there together,
“watching stars on
the ceiling from my
planetarium set.”
in Muncie, Ind. There, she’ll put
her MS-spurred problem-solving
abilities to good use, learning
“to photograph social injustices
Caterina
plans to use her
scholarship to study
photojournalism at
Ball State University
Voting:
What you need to know
People with disabilities register to vote at a rate 16 percent
lower than other Americans. And
with 1 in 10 eligible voters having
a disability, that’s a significant
portion of the population left out
of important policy decisions.
Here are some steps to make
sure your voice is heard this
Election Day, Nov. 6.
•;Go;to;nationalMSsociety.org/
advocacy to learn about issues
important to people with MS.
Also visit yourcandidates
yourhealth.org to find out
where candidates stand on
medical research.
•;National;Voter;Registration
Day is Sept. 25. Learn how
to register and help others
register by visiting usa.gov/
Citizen/Topics/Voting/
Register.shtml.
nationalMSsociety.org/magazine
Feed
and document efforts to resolve
these issues.”
To see the complete list of
Society Scholarship recipients,
visit nationalMSsociety
.org/scholarship, or call
1-800-344-4867.
Support for scholarships
is provided by generous
contributions from chapters
and individual donors
nationwide; and by these
sponsors: Teva Neuroscience;
Developers Diversified
Realty;;the;O’Donnell;Family
Foundation; the Modestus
Bauer Foundation; and
Golden;Corral.;n
Affordable
Care Act
upheld
On June 28, in a 5-4 vote, the
U.S. Supreme Court upheld
the major provisions of the
Affordable Care Act. The
legislation is expected to extend
healthcare coverage to millions
of Americans who are currently
uninsured. However, the court
also restricted the expansion
of Medicaid, allowing states to
opt out. Look for upcoming
Momentum articles on how
this historic decision will
impact people with MS. For
more about the ruling, visit
nationalMSsociety.org/
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