Advice, support and insight you can’t afford to miss! Register Agenda What Attendees will LearnWho Should AttendSponsorship Professional Caregivers Register here: Download our flier (you must have Acrobat Reader on your computer to view the flyer) New Haven, CT … Continue reading
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Limited financial aid for in-home care is available through CMMS Deshae Lott Ministries, a nonprofit founded by college professor and minister Deshae Lott, who has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Academic scholarships also are available for individuals with disabilities who want to … Continue reading
I’m guessing that the anniversary of the accident is not going to be an easy day for Colleen, who is not only a role model for me but now also a friend. I’m going to honor her that day by … Continue reading
For more than three decades, he has lived here at Central State Hospital, known in its darkest days as the home of the psychotic, the manic and the hopeless. For generations, invalids here have sipped life through feeding tubes, grown … Continue reading
A Candidates’ Forum on Disability Issues takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 12, at Manchester Community College Confirmed Keynote Speaker: John Kemp, Esq., a national leader on employment for people with disabilities, and a person with a … Continue reading
FARMINGTON — Jennifer Jaff, whose struggle with Crohn’s disease prompted her to create an organization to advocate for others who suffer from chronic illnesses, has died. Jaff, 55, of Farmington, was executive director of Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness … Continue reading
Our 2012 Annual Housing Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. Online registration will be available on this website beginning the week of Sept. 17. Save … Continue reading
WEST HARTFORD — Robert Doyle had a couple of dress suits, but when he was in Iraq they were stolen from his storage unit along with his desktop computer and golf clubs. So Doyle, who was a sergeant first-class in … Continue reading
Some 4,200 athletes from 164 nations competed in 20 sporting events in the recent Paralympic Games. Yet the U.S. host broadcaster, NBC, decided to air only four hour-long highlights packages on its sports channel, compared to its wall-to-wall coverage of … Continue reading
By Henry Chisholm New Haven — New Hampshire natives Steven Riley and Dick Lane were never into tennis prior to car accidents that landed both in wheelchairs. Now they participate in tournaments across the country and are part of the … Continue reading