She says she is nine years old and has liked dinosaurs since she was six.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

But since then, the twenty-five year old had experienced severe hip and back problems.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss has been making records since she was fourteen years old.

VOA: special.2011.04.29

Until the past week, the 83-year-old former leader has avoided the spotlight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Since the 49-year-old suffered catastrophic injuries after separate accidents, he has constantly asked for one thing: the right to die in peace.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

How that wood is grown and whether it was harvested legally have become crucial questions since 2008, when the U.S.Congress amended a century-old piece of environmental law known as the Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Having a disability, people still look at you weird, but it's like, 'Alright.He's got a disability, but it's kind of okay now.'" Life for people with disabilities has improved greatly since Bobbi Wailes was stricken with polio as a 12-year-old, before the vaccine became available in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27