Happy Winter! Winter Safety Advice Another winter: snow, cold, ice, slipping, sliding and hopefully, not falling. However we define it, winter is here! While we got off fairly easily last winter, it doesn’t look like it will be as mild this year. Being prepared for...
Ready To Go! Hurricane Preparedness Today, in an email from the White House Office of Public Engagement, I found a list of what’s being done in Florida to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. The government is acting prior to landfall and...
Ageism Let’s face it: if you’re alive, then you’re getting older. You would think that would mean most of us would be a bit more accepting of older adults. After all, we’re all on the same journey. Unfortunately, there are many ways that our society sends a strong...
Supported Decision-Making in Michigan There are times when we get calls at Disability Network Lakeshore (DNL) asking what can be done to help children with developmental disabilities who want to be more independent. There are similar calls from adult children asking...
Emergency Preparedness Planning with a Disability If you are creating an emergency preparedness plan and you have a disability, you may want to put some thought into how it might be a challenge. For example, if you have kidney failure and rely on dialysis 3 or 4 times...
