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Stronger Every Day: For Parents of Children with Rare Diseases

This show tells stories about life with Tess, age 15, who has a rare genetic disorder called Hao-Fountain syndrome, Bo Bigelow is Tess's father and primary caretaker. Her disorder causes nonverbal autism, communication disorders, and epilepsy. Bo is an award-winning speaker, writer, filmmaker, and advocate for people with disabilities. He is also a practicing disability-rights attorney.   Bo is a co-founder of DISORDER: The Rare Disease Film Festival and The Disorder Channel. Over the years, he's told Tess's story to NPR, NBC News, ABC News, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic.
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Jan 7, 2026

This week, Tess has a life-threatening event, at a time when we're very far from the closest medical facility.

Dec 30, 2025

This week, we're away on a ski vacation as a family. Let's check in with Tess.  

Dec 24, 2025

This week, we're on pins and needles, waiting for a very special milestone. 

Dec 16, 2025

This week, the illness continues, believe it or not. We'll check in on our girl. 

Dec 9, 2025

This week, someone in our house is considerably under the weather.

Dec 2, 2025

This week, got a few fun stories for ya. Vignettes, if you will.

Nov 25, 2025

This week, a nifty tech device gets strapped to Tess's wrist.

Nov 18, 2025

This week, an emerging artist in Maine works with multiple media and begins an exhibition at a local gallery.

Nov 11, 2025

This week, in the backseat of a car in Maine, someone had something to say.

Nov 5, 2025

This week, this very day in fact, Tess is celebrating a special birthday. This is sixteen.

Oct 28, 2025

This week, we're talking about Tess's high school experience. She's been a freshman for about 8 weeks now, so I'll tell you how it's been for her so far.

Oct 21, 2025

There are four little things you can do as a Hao-Fountain patient to move things forward in a huge way. I'm gonna tell you how these 4 went for Tess and why it matters.

Oct 14, 2025

Tess wanted something recently, and she used all her abilities to let me know what it was.

Oct 7, 2025

We took Tess on a special outing, somewhere she'd never been before.  

Sep 30, 2025

It's that time of year, and we just held our annual Hao-Fountain conference.

Hao-Fountain patients and families:  please SIGN UP for our October 2nd Zoom about MATRIX, where we can help you sign up for Matrix and answer your questions. Sign up here:  https://usp7.salsalabs.org/MatrixSignupandQA 

Sep 23, 2025

It's that time of year, and we just held our annual Hao-Fountain conference.

Sep 15, 2025

Tess got invited to a birthday party and she was pleased as punch.

Sep 9, 2025

Recently Tess had a seizure and went to the ER, so I want to tell you more about it.

Sep 2, 2025

Recently Tess had a seizure and went to the ER, so I want to tell you about it. 

Aug 27, 2025

Today I'll be telling you the second part of our recent trip to Syracuse.

Aug 19, 2025

Today I'll be telling you the first part of our recent trip to Syracuse.

Aug 9, 2025

Today I'll be telling you about some locations that Tess enjoys.

Aug 5, 2025

Today I'll be telling you about Tess's schedule on a typical day.

I wrote about Tess's special diet on my blog here and made a two-part Stronger Every Day podcast episode you can find here and here.  

Jul 29, 2025

Today I'll be sharing about a certain radar that Tess likes to use.

Jul 22, 2025
Today I'll be sharing about summer and what's working for me so far.
 

Super Focus: Flow State Music - Alpha Binaural Beats, Study Music for Focus and Concentration

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