Autism Spectrum News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Rita Gardner, President & CEO of Melmark

• June 7th, 2023
• advocacy, autism, care and compassion, core commitments, COVID-19 pandemic, direct care workers, healthcare, human services delivery, inspiration, insurance-based services, interview, PPE, public health, public policy, social justice, Summer 2023 Issue, workforce crisis
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Autism Spectrum News, interviewed Rita Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, a multi-state, non-profit human service provider with premier private special education schools,...

The Unique Responsibility of Neuroexpansive Minds for Cultural Inclusion

• By: Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD Project CASY Yale Child Study Center
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, animal rights, animals, environment, neurodivergence, social justice, Winter 2023 Issue
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As an advocate for those with neuroexpansive minds in bodies that have become commodified bodies, I have come to understand, over the years, that a piecemeal approach to the valuing of difference and extensions of freedoms for all designated expendable in modern culture depends on every such...

S:US’ Community Fridge Project: Cultivating Social Justice and Health Equity in Our Community

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 2nd, 2023
• COVID-19, food insecurity, food pantry, health equity, healthy food, homelessness, pandemic, social justice, volunteering, Winter 2023 Issue
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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for social justice to address racial discrimination, health inequity, food insecurity and homelessness became starkly apparent as time went on and the effects of the pandemic became more visible. These experiences were at the forefront of our minds...