Frederick Leif Eareckson, a retired Navy captain, naval architect and Chesapeake Bay sailing enthusiast, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease Nov. 29 at Ginger Cove Health Care Center. The ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Before cancer, Joni Eareckson Tada lived an extremely busy life. One of the longest surviving quadriplegics on record, she led an international Christian ministry for people ...

Over 30 years have passed since Tada (Diamonds in the Dust; More Precious Than Silver) became a quadriplegic as the result of a diving accident. Tada, who has inspired both the able-bodied and ...

Now facing breast cancer and chronic pain, the author, speaker, and advocate talks about the blessings of suffering. Joni Eareckson Tada might be mistaken for a modern-day Job. The disabilities ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman of many talents. She’s a bestselling author, an acclaimed artist, and an internationally known advocate for people with disabilities.

Joni Eareckson Tada, a well-known Christian writer and quadriplegic, is the voice behind this year's biggest Oscar upset, the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name. She talks about ...

There are the kinds of stories that inspire us to be better people, and then there are the ones that are genuinely remarkable. Devout Christians Ken Tada and Joni Eareckson, a quadriplegic, have been ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- A few years ago, Joni Eareckson Tada, who turns 61 this month, really started suffering. This was before her June diagnosis with breast cancer. And most people - and Tada herself for ...

When Joni Eareckson Tada was 17 years old, her life changed forever. “I broke my neck in a diving accident in 1967, and suddenly I was thrust into this uncomfortable, alien world,” she said. “It was ...