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March is Essential Tremor Awareness Month

By Maggy Schoonover, Program Manager Once it was known as familiar tremor, benign essential tremor, or hereditary tremor. It’s not just shaking or anxiety, it’s a neurological condition. It’s also not Parkinson’s. Seven to ten million Americans have this condition. I am not writing this blog to...

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A Love Letter to My HBCU

By Willette Walker, Chief Human Capital Officer A college or university is an institution of higher learning that provides educational enlightenment and social experiences to help prepare its students for life. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are different because they provide...

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Life Sharing at Mainstay

By Nora Soule, Associate Director – Community Services Life Sharing is a type of residential program that enables a person with an intellectual disability to join a provider family, in their private home, as a fully participating member of the family. This long-term living situation promotes...

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Mainstay celebrates DDAM 2023

By Kim Sonafelt,Chief Executive Officer March is an important time for the Mainstay Life Services community … it is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM)! Throughout the year, awareness months provide us with opportunities to reflect on the contributions to our society from typically...

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Gratitude

By Sandra Nesbit This time of year, we all are provided with an opportunity to think about what we are grateful for, and for me this is easy. I’m grateful for my health, my son, my family, my work, and Mainstay Life Services. My son Parriz is supported by Mainstay, and, as a result, so am I. I...

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