How Two Twentysomethings With Sleep Apnea Found Better Health Via Accessibility In Their CPAPs
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“When I got the CPAP machine, it just completely changed my life,” she said to me in a recent interview via videoconference. “After a
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/13/how-two-twentysomethings-with-sleep-apnea-found-better-health-via-accessibility-in-their-cpaps/
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Medicaid review could drop 400,000 Michigan residents from coverage
By Ted Roelofs: For Complete Post, Click Here...
Emergency Medicaid coverage protection extended during the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire April 1
Millions of people nationally are expected to lose coverage, includin
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/10/medicaid-review-could-drop-400000-michigan-residents-from-coverage/
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Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid in New York City
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More than 155,000 New Yorkers were trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) between 2016 and 2020. Free citywide trainings were made available to all New Yorkers and were disseminated through ci
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/10/evaluation-of-mental-health-first-aid-in-new-york-city/
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Diagnostics & Disability Policy for Patients with Long COVID
By Nita Jain: For Complete Post, Click Here...
A couple months ago, I sat down to talk with journalist and author Ryan Prior about his book The Long Haul. We discussed long COVID, chronic fatigue syndr
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/07/diagnostics-disability-policy-for-patients-with-long-covid/
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Diagnostics & Disability Policy for Patients with Long COVID
By Nita Jain: For Complete Post, Click Here...
A couple months ago, I sat down to talk with journalist and author Ryan Prior about his book The Long Haul. We discussed long COVID, chronic fatigue syndr
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/07/diagnostics-disability-policy-for-patients-with-long-covid/
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Michigan Storytellers for Change – Frank Vaca
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"I feel like this is my calling: to help others with disabilities explore their potential." Frank Vaca discusses his work on employment and as a sexuality self-advocacy trainer.
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/07/michigan-storytellers-for-change-frank-vaca/
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Researchers looking for long COVID symptoms find only 7
By Frank Diamond: For Complete Post, Click Here...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s tally of 19 possible long COVID symptoms comes with the caveat that it's “not a comprehensive list.”
Yale Medicine counts 22
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/04/researchers-looking-for-long-covid-symptoms-find-only-7/
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Opinion: People With Disabilities Deserve Better Health Care. We All Do.
BY TARA LAGU: For Complete Post, Click Here...
IWAS A RESIDENT working in an underresourced health clinic when, one afternoon, my triage paper indicated that my next patient needed a Pap smear. I walked into the room
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/04/opinion-people-with-disabilities-deserve-better-health-care-we-all-do/
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Resources for Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day
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Resources:
NCLER: Legal Basic: Overview of Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship (Recording, Chapter Summary, PowerPoint)
NCLER: When the Guardian is an Abuser (Webcast, Issue Brief
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/02/02/resources-for-conservatorship-and-guardianship-abuse-awareness-day/
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HEALTHCARE: ‘Smart’ Walking Stick Helps Visually Impaired Grocery Shop
By Alex McFarland: For Complete Post, Click Here...
A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder are using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a ‘smart’ walking stick for the blind or visually
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/31/healthcare-smart-walking-stick-helps-visually-impaired-grocery-shop/
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More Antipsychotics Given for Dementia During Pandemic
By Kate Kneisel: For Complete Post, Click Here...
ngd-Maybe the use of them has absolutely nothing to do with any need of the resident, but the desire of staff to knock the residents out and make their jobs easier...
Rates remained high into 2021, despite lif
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/31/more-antipsychotics-given-for-dementia-during-pandemic/
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Direct Care Worker and Behavioral Health Workforce Employee Discussion Group Survey
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has engaged Public Sector Consultants (PSC), a nonpartisan public policy firm
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/31/direct-care-worker-and-behavioral-health-workforce-employee-discussion-group-survey/
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MDHHS outlines improvements in protecting children in state’s care
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) today shared an update on the transformation it has made to the child welfare system that has
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/27/mdhhs-outlines-improvements-in-protecting-children-in-states-care/
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Youth lead anti-corruption talks on disability
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The 1st episode of the Youth Lead Anti-corruption Talks series named “Inclusion and leadership of youth with disabilities to contribute to the achievement of SDG16″ took place virtually, on Decemb
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/27/youth-lead-anti-corruption-talks-on-disability/
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Healthcare-Related Injury Found in Nearly One-Fourth of Hospitalizations
by Crystal Phend: For Complete Post, Click Here...
Study suggests "disturbing" rate of potentially preventable errors.
Nearly a quarter of hospital stays involve adverse events from healthcare errors, and nearly one in 10
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/27/healthcare-related-injury-found-in-nearly-one-fourth-of-hospitalizations/
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California’s power outages are a life-and-death issue
By Alice Wong: For Complete Post, Click Here...
ngd-This is a critical issue in Michigan as well. Great problems that laste dfor days to weeks happened in the 2013 ice storm...
A perspective on the impacts of storms fo
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/24/californias-power-outages-are-a-life-and-death-issue/
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Celebrating Ed Roberts Day With A Special Message From WID Co-Founder, Judy Heumann
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My name is Judy Heumann, and I’m a proud co-founder of the World Institute on Disability (WID). It’s hard to believe that WID is 40 years old. As I
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/24/celebrating-ed-roberts-day-with-a-special-message-from-wid-co-founder-judy-heumann/
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Dyspraxia And Apraxia
By Jillian Enright: For Complete Post, Click Here...
ngd- This has been an issue with me over the years and seems to be worsening as I get older...
Motor and coordination issues in Autism and ADHD.
Communication is a basic human right
Humans place an unreasonable level of importance on communicating verbally, but that’s an ableis
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/23/dyspraxia-and-apraxia/
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A Deaf Student Says His School District Failed Him. The Supreme Court Will Decide
By Mark Walsh: For Complete Post, Click Here...
When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up his special education and disability discrimination case on Wednesday, Miguel Luna Perez will in the courtroom. Perez, now 27, is d
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/23/a-deaf-student-says-his-school-district-failed-him-the-supreme-court-will-decide/
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Town Hall Series: Navigating the Community Mental Health System | Grand Rapids
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Would you like to learn more about how the community mental health
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