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Issues To Consider Regarding Guardianship And Supported Decision-Making

Featured Topics, Money 12/23/2016 admin

BY HUGO DWYER & VOR’S COMMITTEE ON GUARDIANSHIP RIGHTS Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their parents, family members and guardians may have heard about Supported Decision-Making (SDM), an initiative that could affect their decision-making rights. Some see SDM as an alternative to guardianship, while others view it as an attempt to remove the legal instrument that provides a safety net for vulnerable individuals. VOR is a national organization that advocates for high […]

Yes, Ani, There is a Santa Claus

eParent Connect, Featured Topics 12/22/201612/22/2016 admin

BY PEG GRAFWALLNER, M.ED. Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make […]

Creating A Family History Tree

Healthcare 12/21/201612/22/2016 admin

Much like Kathleen did, families have the ability to trace their family health history. The tree can include everything from information on heredity, diet, work, activities and environment. GENETIC ALLIANCE BY BY CLAIRE MENA Dr. Kathleen Mimnagh, MD was doing a pediatric genetics rotation in medical school when a geneticist noticed her hand as she inserted an IV. He asked her to do a maneuver that stretched her thumb across her palm. Kathleen’s thumb, unlike […]

Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Launches Endowments To Leading Universities

Autism, What's Happening 10/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation (DJFF), the nation’s first not-for-profit organization to exclusively focus on adult autism, announced two new groundbreaking endowment funds, adding to DJFF’s existing endowed program initiatives at Yale University and the University of Miami. With gifts of $100,000 each to Brown University and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the newest DJFF endowed programs continue to expand the Foundation’s mission for a global focus on adult autism. Designed to increase […]

Breakthrough Found In The Treatment Of Posttraumatic Stress

Military, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 01/02/201612/28/2016 admin

BY FRANK BOURKE, PHD September 11, 2001. The events that occurred on that day shook the world to its roots. Hundreds of survivors of the attacks, the first responders who survived the horrors of that day and many family members, began to suffer from exposure to that extreme trauma. The resulting posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms began to take a toll on their lives. To help deal with this flood of PTSD victims, a group […]