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March is Essential Tremor Awareness Month

March is Essential Tremor Awareness Month

By Maggy Schoonover, Program ManagerOnce 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...

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A Love Letter to My HBCU

A Love Letter to My HBCU

By Willette Walker, Chief Human Capital OfficerA 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...

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Reflections on My First Five Years at Mainstay

Reflections on My First Five Years at Mainstay

By Kim Sonafelt, Chief Executive OfficerDuring the past five years, I have had the privilege of serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Mainstay Life Services where every day we support people with intellectual disabilities and autism (ID/A) as they live their best...

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Life Sharing at Mainstay

Life Sharing at Mainstay

By Nora Soule, Associate Director - Community ServicesLife 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...

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