For a dance like no other, with a woman like no other, John Palmer wanted to move like he hasn’t since a pool accident paralyzed him and put him in a wheelchair 19 years ago. So Palmer, a 38-year-old ...

I have never been a big fan of meeting new people - not because I'm a sour, embittered Scrooge-like character, but because I always find myself feeling sick with anxiety that they'll end up hating me.

It’s Friday night and my husband Jeff and I are in a suburban Connecticut dance studio, learning the cha-cha with 12 other adults. Della Reese is singing “Why Don’t You Do Right?” over the sound ...