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Living with DM life hacks

Last modified: April 8, 2026

MDF collects and shares life hacks through recorded sessions and a curated resource, and welcomes community members to contribute their own ideas to support others living with DM.

Life hacks are practical tips, creative solutions, everyday strategies, or emotional coping tools that make life with DM a little easier. These hacks might relate to mobility, energy conservation, navigating healthcare or benefits, accessible home tools, mental health, communication, grief, or anything else that helps you or your family manage life with DM.

Over the years, MDF has hosted Life Hacks sessions featuring members from the DM community sharing their experiences and resources that have helped them in their day-to-day life. You can view a recorded life hacks session here.

MDF has also created a Life Hacks resource compiling DM community member life hacks from past years, which you can view here.

Have a hack you don’t see included?

Your experience matters, and your ideas may help someone else in the community. Please take a few minutes to share one or more of your personal life hacks using this form. Submissions may be shared in future resources or educational materials.

Submit a life hack (online form) 

Thank you for helping support and strengthen the DM community.

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