Sunday discussion meetings are at 4pm pacific time, 7pm eastcoast. (...and have a look at diaries published since the most recent meeting.)
APR 20 - "Am I Disabled? Or Am I a Child?" by JrCrone
APR 27 - "Normal is Just a Setting on the Washing Machine" by bigjacbigjacbigjac
MAY 4 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
MAY 11 - working title: "Our KosAbility House & Home" by postmodernista
MAY 18 - "Directory of Health/Med&Related DK Groups (links & profiles) by mettle fatigue
MAY 25 -
May is Awareness Month for: Lyme Disease • Celiac Disease • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus • Mental Health • ALS/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) • and National Mobility Awareness Month
Over 18 million people in the US and Canada have mobility issues. 6 million of those with mobility issues in the US and Canada are veterans. People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group in the United States. More than 65 million people in the United States provide care for people with disabilities or a senior family member. 4.4 million Canadians reported having a disability with 56% over 75 years old. Researchers estimate about 2.2 million Americans use a wheelchair for mobility. And, as the population ages, the number of people with mobility impairments will increase by an estimated 22 percent over the next ten years.
• 1st Tuesday in MAY is
World Asthma Day • May 12 is International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases including
Neurofibromatosis •
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis •
Fibromyalgia •
Gulf War Syndrome/GWS •
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity • May 18
World AIDS Vaccine Day • May 31
World No Tobacco Day •
JUN 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
JUN 8 - "Quick Notes from the Patient Safety Movement & A Dad's Case Study" by postmodernista & mettle fatigue
JUN 15 -
JUN 22 -
JUN 29 -
June is LGBT Pride Month • June 5 UN World Environment Day • June 14 World Blood Donor Day • June 15 World Elder Abuse Recognition Day • June 20 U.K. Stop CyberBullying Day • June 21 Int'l Music Day internationally •
And we're currently in the U.N. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
to achieve an improvement in the quality of life, particularly for the most deprived and marginalised, fulfillment of human rights including gender equality, poverty reduction, democracy and active citizenship.
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Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People •
Water for Life Decade &
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification •
Any or all of these —or anything else related...or different— can be a diary subject or an instant Open Thread Night topic or comment. We co-host/co-post with other groups, and we publish/re-publish diaries of interest across the week.
Diaries can be 1 paragraph, 2, or 20. Whatever matters to you matters to all of us. It's perfectly OK to rewrite a diary from a couple of years ago, whether originally published here, or at any other group, or at your own page - just check that your facts are current and sources you use have proper attribution, and include a note "Revised from" and original date you published it. To "rewrite", just click on Edit at the bottom of your original diary, and copy your text and coding from the INTRO box and the EXTENDED(OPTIONAL) box into those boxes of a brand new draft. Proof & polish a bit, and voila! your diary is ready to be queued for publication again!
KosAbility is a Sunday 4pm(Pacific time) community series by volunteer diarists, as a gathering for people living with disabilities, who love someone with a disability, or who want to know more about the issues. Our use of "disability" includes temporary as well as permanent conditions, from small, gnawing problems to major, life-threatening health/medical problems. Our use of "love someone" extends to beloved members of other species.
Our discussions are open threads in the context of this community. Feel free to comment on the diary topic, ask questions of the diarist or generally to everyone, share something you've learned, tell bad jokes, post photos, or rage about your situation. Our only rule is to be kind; trolls will be spayed or neutered. If you are interested in contributing a diary, contact series coordinator postmodernista.
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