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
by Eunice C. Wong, et al.: For Complete Post, Click Here...

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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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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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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Frequent Use of Antibiotics May Heighten Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk in Adults Over 40
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Summary: Adult exposure to antibiotics appears to be linked to an increased risk of developing an inflammatory bowel disorder, including
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/19/frequent-use-of-antibiotics-may-heighten-inflammatory-bowel-disease-risk-in-adults-over-40/
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It took decades: Now there’s a photo for each name on Vietnam wall
By Anna Mulrine Grobe: For Complete Post, Click Here...

Volunteers have now tracked down at least one photo for every one of the more than 58,000 U.S. military service members who died in the Vietnam War – for an online Wall of Faces project that took m
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/09/it-took-decades-now-theres-a-photo-for-each-name-on-vietnam-wall/
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Assistive Technology For Daily Living
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Looking for a device to assist with daily activities?Look no further! We have a selection of devices to try in our Lending Library. Contact us to learn more about what devices are available.Contact Us
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/04/assistive-technology-for-daily-living/
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Psychedelics and Veterans’ Mental Health
by Bryce Pardo, Beau Kilmer, Rajeev Ramchand, Carrie M. Farmer: For Complete Post, Click Here...

Over the past 20 years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the use of compounds often referred to as psychedelics to address such mental health conditions as d
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/01/03/psychedelics-and-veterans-mental-health/
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Apple Silently Launched A New Sleep Feature With NightWare That Can Actually Stop Nightmares
By Jano le Roux: For Complete Post, Click Here...

Why is nobody talking about this?

Apple just launched a magical new feature.

It can detect nightmares.

It can prevent
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/23/apple-silently-launched-a-new-sleep-feature-with-nightware-that-can-actually-stop-nightmares/
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Thoughts On Our Third Pandemic Holidays
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The holidays are a good time — the third time now — for disabled and chronically ill people to take stock of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The end of the year is a convenient milestone. It's also the time of year when we a
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/21/thoughts-on-our-third-pandemic-holidays/
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‘End this scam’: Calls erupt to ban private Medicare plans as scandals mount
By Brett Wilkins: For Complete Post, Click Here...

As yet another scandal involving Medicare Advantage made headlines this week, progressive U.S. lawmakers and advocates renewed call
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/17/end-this-scam-calls-erupt-to-ban-private-medicare-plans-as-scandals-mount/
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Know your rights: Caregivers and nursing home debt
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Helping someone you love to move into a nursing home can be stressful enough. Nursing homes should not try to make you personally responsible for a loved one’s bill as a condit
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/16/know-your-rights-caregivers-and-nursing-home-debt/
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Remembering Hale Zukas, daring visionary of the disability rights movement
By Joan Leon and Pam Mendelsohn: For Complete Post, Click Here...

Wry, tenacious and determined, Zukas designed Berkeley’s first curb cuts, brought wheelchair-accessible buttons to BART elevators
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/09/remembering-hale-zukas-daring-visionary-of-the-disability-rights-movement/
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Proposed legislation would require the FAA to diversify airplane evacuation tests
By Zach Wichter: For Complete Post, Click Here...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced a bill Thursday that would compel the Federal Aviation Administration to update its standards for airplane evacuation testing.

The Emergency Vacating o
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/09/proposed-legislation-would-require-the-faa-to-diversify-airplane-evacuation-tests/
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Legal Help for Domestic Violence Issues
From domesticshelters.org: For Complete Post, Click Here...

A helpline specifically for legal assistance in domestic violence cases.

Domestic violence often brings legal concerns into survivors’ lives. For the first time, an individual may need to figure out how to secure an order of
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2022/12/06/legal-help-for-domestic-violence-issues/
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