Scheduled Sunday diary discussions/meetings are at 4pm pacific time, 7pm eastkost (...and have a look at diaries re-published at KosAbility since last Sunday, on the Medicaid demonstrations at the Missouri Senate, autistic highschooler, zooming graph and discussion of ACA sign-up & ACA's benefits for America's invisible youngsters).
May 11 - "Break the Silence" (Aphasia) by Steven Park
May 18 - "Health-Medical&Related DK Groups Directory" w/ links & info, 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) • ALSO National Mobility Awareness Month:
Over 18 million people in the US & Canada have mobility issues, 6 million of them veterans. People with disabilities are the largest U.S. minority. More than 65 million people in the United States provide care for people with disabilities or a senior family member. An estimated 2.2 million Americans need a wheelchair for mobility. The number of us with mobility issues is projected to increase 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 (CIND), 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 •
June 1 - OPEN THREAD NIGHT
June 8 - working title: "Quick Notes from the Patient Safety Movement & postmodernista's Dad's Case Study" by postmodernista & mettle fatigue
June 15 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
June 22 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
June 29 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 in these countries • June is LGBT Pride Month •
And we're 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, revised or new. 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 to make sure your facts are current, and include a note "Revised from" and original date you published it. The recommended way to "rewrite" is to 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 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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