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Four Ways to Make Your Organization’s Language More Inclusive

By Michael Hickey Associations are taking sweeping measures to evaluate and improve inclusivity in their organizations. But inclusivity isn’t always about drastic changes to leadership or operations. It’s about the little things, too—like language. Word choice matters, and the subtle ways in...

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Families, Advocates Push for Medicaid Waivers

Families, Advocates Push for Medicaid Waivers
Click image above to view video. Getting yourself ready in the morning and driving to work are easy things that can be taken for granted. For people with disabilities, this requires extra support which can be expensive. Thousands of Georgians are waiting on support that can be life-changing....

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Surviving the holiday blues

By Mary Welch, For the AJC Happy holidays. Merry Christmas. Joy to the world. Not so fast … While the holidays are a joyous time filled with family, love, gratitude, merriment and community, for many it is anything but. Whether it is because of grieving, loneliness, a sense of isolation or...

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Ava’s law | Fight for mental health reform in Georgia

by Maia Doorian FIGHTING FOR ACCESS Ava Bullard isn’t any stranger to Georgia’s Capitol. For seven years, Ava and her mom Anna confirmed as much as testify earlier than legislative committees and foyer within the halls. She is the namesake of Ava’s Regulation which handed in 2015, mandating...

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