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Blog Posts
Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable: Researching Women’s Health Issues for Women with…
By Rebecca Parten, LMSW
Social Work Graduate Assists with Medical Research Study’s Communications Strategy
My name is Rebecca Parten, and I live in Southeast Michigan. I am 31 years old and have Escobar Syndrome, a condition that falls under MDA’s category of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS). It…
Why I’m Thankful I Asked for Disability Accommodations at Work
“The conversation was hard, but I am thankful we had it.”
5 Things I’ve Learned From Disney as an Adult With Disabilities
“Like Dory, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.”
How ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Helped Me Recognize My Depression
“I saw myself in both the main characters.”
News Posts
PM&R Research Area Specialist Shows Off Adaptive Workspace to Legislators | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Michigan Medicine
The purpose of the program, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services website, is “to highlight people with developmental disabilities who have community-integrated jobs.” Mary Shehan-Boogaard, the community inclusion coordinator for the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council who helps organize the Take Your Legislator to Work campaign, said that
Gov. Rick Snyder makes appointments to the Statewide Independent Living Council
Friday, September 9, 2016
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