Archive for the 'Talking about it' Category
Rosalind and I were invited to our first joint Internet radio interview by Monica Moshenko of www.disabilitynewsradio.com on May 3rd. Internet radio is nothing like traditional radio. We used our telephones (I’m in California, Rosalind is in Massachusetts and Monica is in New York ). We used telephone conferencing, VOIP and a recording system to [...]
According to Jay Cutler’s business manager, the Denver Bronco’s Quarterback is, “managing his disease {type 1 Diabetes diagnosed two weeks ago} and in no way is his football career jeopardized.” Wow. He accomplished a lot with these few words. 1. We’re told unequivocally that the 25 year old athlete, who until two weeks ago knew [...]
This morning I was re-reading one of Rosalind’s chapters in Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease, “Challenges in the Workplace.” She shared numerous stories and examples to illustrate the complete unpredictability – and impact – of living life and working when you have an autoimmune disease (AD). Reading between the stories, I’d say Rosalind inadvertently illustrated [...]
Have you heard about The Last Lecture? I had but because it sounded like another one of those “media” hypes — you know the ones where some guy gets his “Andy Warhol 10 seconds (or was it minutes …) of fame” — I ignored it. But when a client sent me the links to Pausch’s [...]
My husband and I are fans of the Ebert and Roper TV show. We’ve been watching it since before Roger Ebert’s original partner, Gene Siskel, passed away from a brain tumor (as I recall). Ebert has been off his show for at least a year, and it’s just been announced he’s not coming back – [...]
The first question any reporter asks me when interviewing me about employment with a chronic illness is: Should people disclose? As if there is a sound bite response. In case you haven’t noticed, Richard Cohen’s new book, (he’s Meredith Viera’s husband), “Strong at the Broken Places”, has gotten major media attention. Good news for us [...]
Hello girlfriends. It’s good to be back. If you’ve been a member of this community blog for a while I’m sure you’ll agree that Rosalind has done an extraordinary job keeping abreast of the news and resources of interest to women who are navigating the workplace while living with a chronic illness. If you’ve appreciated [...]
