According to an article in today’s New York Times by health writer Jane Brody, below normal levels of B-12 can sometimes mimic the signs of Alzheimer’s Disease. According to Brody, Vitamin B-12 is absorbed less readily as we age, and a deficiency can cause symptoms of memory loss and confusion–the same symptoms as an… Read More »
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Congrats to Nassau Knights, Special Needs Football Team
The Nassau Knights, Nassau County Police Activity League’s (PAL) flag football special needs team, played and won against a group of Kappa Sigma fraternity members from Adelphi University. According to Newsday, the team of 14-28 year olds with varying disabilities, played its only game against another team this season. One of the team’s coaches,… Read More »
A Very Special Place on Long Island Special Needs Radio
Tonight, November 29, 2011, Special Needs Radio is hosting Diane Buglioli, Deputy Executive Director of A Very Special Place. A Very Special Place, Inc. was established in 1974 as a not-for-profit corporation to provide services to people with developmental disabilities. A Very Special Place, Inc. provides a comprehensive network of programs and services for people with developmental… Read More »
Shopping Made Easy with Disabled Children
A visit to the supermarket can be difficult for parents of a child that have children requiring a wheelchair. It can be very challenging to push both a shopping cart and a wheelchair, but shopping carts have never been able to offer the security of a wheelchair before Caroline’s Cart helped to overcome this challenge.
Long Island Bus Riders Face Increasing Uncertainty and Possible Cuts
Despite a perky new name– the NICE bus, an acronym for Nassau Inter-County Express and a spiffy new paint job (according to Newsday), the bus service for the more than 100,000 Long Island Bus riders, overwhelmingly disabled and elderly who can’t drive, is not about to get any nicer. Public Hearing December 12 … Read More »
Ellen Victor is quoted in the Long Island Business News
Yours truly was quoted in the most recent edition of Long Island Business News on the importance of business succession planning and partnership agreements. Read it here.
Special Needs Radio features Dr. Lynda Geller, Spectrum Services
Tune in this evening at 6:30 to 1240 AM WGBB or on the web at www.am1240wgbb.com to hear our interview with Dr. Lynda Geller, Found of Spectrum Services. Dr. Geller founded Spectrum Services, a cooperative of independent practices and organizations specializing in Asperger Syndrome and related conditions. Special Needs Long Island is a… Read More »
Special Needs Long Island Radio Show
I’ve got a new gig! I’m pleased to announce I am now co-hosting Special Needs Long Island, a weekly radio program dedicated to the special needs community on Long Island. My co-host is Jeffrey Silverman, Director of Special Needs Planning for the Center for Wealth Preservation in Syosset, New York. Every Monday night,… Read More »
"It's Not as Bad as it Looks"
Right, Judge. If it was possible to somehow put the frosting on the cake of this horrifying story about a judge caught on videotape beating his daughter, a life-long sufferer of cerebral palsy, that quote from the perpetrator did it. According to the article, Texas Family Court Judge William Adams was secretly taped by his… Read More »
There's a Criminal Employed in Your Nursing Home
The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a report this past March, analyzing 35,000 nursing home employee records of nursing homes against criminal records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). 92% of nursing homes employ one or more people with a criminal conviction. Nearly half of nursing homes employed… Read More »