(...and have a look at diaries published at KosAbility since last Sunday's discussion - some valuable information and viewpoints.)
April 6 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
April 13 - postmodernista & mettle fatigue working title: "Quick Notes from the Patient Safety Movement & postmodernista's Dad's Case Study."
April 20 - JrCrone "Am I Disabled? Or Am I a Child?"
April 27 - bigjacbigjacbigjac working title: ""Normal is Just a Setting on the Washing Machine"
May 4 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
May 11 - your diary here
May 18 - mettle fatigue "Directory of the Health/Medical&Related Groups in Daily Kos" with links & profiles/statements-of-purpose
May 25 - your diary here
June 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
...an annual campaign ...coordinated by the NSVRC with assistance from ...state, territory, tribal and community-based organizations, rape crisis centers, government agencies, businesses, campuses and individuals ... throughout the United States... to educate communities and individuals [by events and activities to highlight sexual violence as a public health, human rights and social justice issue and reinforce the need for prevention efforts.
and
Nat'l Child Abuse Prevention Month,
Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month,
Autism Awareness Month;
April 7 is World Health Day, April 22 is world
Earth Day and the "last Friday of April in some states in the United States" is
Arbor Day. Any or all of these can be instant topics at the Open Thread Night this Sunday, or anything else related to health (human or planetary or other) or a diary topic for April 27.
May will be Awareness Month for Lyme Disease, Celiac Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Mental Health, and ALS/Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease . May 12 is International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND), including Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. MAY 12 and 25 are open for diaries on any of the above or related issues. We gladly co-host/co-post with other groups, and other diaries.
Diaries can be one paragraph, two, or twenty. 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 - we just ask that you bring facts/details as current as possible, and include a note "Revised from" with original date you published it. To do a "rewrite", click on Edit at the bottom of your original diary (before the comments) to open the original INTRO box and the EXTENDED(OPTIONAL) box, copy the text and codings from them into the same boxes of a brand new draft, revise facts and details for currency, proof & polish as desired, 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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