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[communityinclusion]

Disability Advocacy Fellowship Opportunities at the ICI

Disability Advocacy Fellowship Opportunities at the ICI

Are you interested in disability advocacy? Apply to be an ICI Gopen or Crocker Fellow!

What is the Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship?

The Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship, or the Gopen Fellowship, is for people with developmental disabilities who are interested in disability policy, disability services, and disability advocacy. This is a 1-year paid fellowship.

If you are a person with a developmental disability who lives in Massachusetts, you can apply! Learn more about the Gopen Fellowship.

What is the Allen C. Crocker Family Fellowship?

The Allen C. Crocker Family Fellowship, or Crocker Fellowship, is for family members of people with developmental disabilities who are interested in disability policy, services, advocacy, and supports.

Do you live in Massachusetts? Do you have a family member with a disability? Do you want to learn skills to help you work in the disabilities field? If you answered yes, you can apply! Learn more about the Crocker Fellowship.

We are accepting applications for the Gopen and Crocker Fellowships until April 21, 2023. Apply today!

[wordsforrain]

Re: that last poll, I just thought I’d mention that SCDS can be fixed surgically and while it might not cure everything it will probably help A Lot. Yes I lost some functionality in the canal they plugged but I’ve adapted and it’s unnoticeable most of the time.

I did video consults with Gopen at UCLA and Carey at Hopkins, the two surgeons with the most experience in the US. Ended up going with Carey bc I liked his vibe and have family in the DMV, whose house I could recover at.

The surgery experience was super smooth, even with the unexpected discovery of dura tears and extra time it took to fix it (5 hrs). Carey and his residents checked on me daily when I was recovering in the neuro ward and truly they were all so nice, the nurses and orderlies and custodians and everyone else too.

And somehow, Hopkins worked with my MN-based insurance to get counted as in network for me, which made it waaaaaay cheaper.

Obviously no one ever wants to get intracranial surgery, but if you’ve got SCDS (can you hear your eyeballs move? you’ve got it) and are considering surgery, cannot recommend Dr. Carey and his team highly enough,

[the-resurrection-3d]

Anon, I will get to you after I go do a favor for a family friend, BUT I just wrote up a little thread on sound-patterning in fiction, so I figured I'd share it. The context was being asked for techniques/discoveries that really shaped my writing, and I responded that focusing on the way my use of sounds/grammar was conveying meaning over simply trying to find synonyms for every pronoun and character name (as is often a hallmark of fanfiction writing).

Resources mentioned:

"The Sentence is a Lonely Place" (skip the first section because it doesn't really matter)

Robert Frost's collected letters and lectures on "sentence sounds" (it's been awhile since I taught with this and I don't remember if I finished all of it, but the first half especially was very helpful)

the first two chapters (sans intro) of Jane Alison's Meander, Spiral, Explode.

"The Science of Scientific Writing" by George Gopen and Judith Swan-- you don't need to read the whole thing, really just their sections on the topic and stress positions and where readers look for information within a sentence. It's focused, obviously, on academic writing, but I've still found it incredibly helpful.

[glittergear]

9 people you’d like to know better!

I was tagged by @likeyua Thanks! I’ve never been tagged in one of these before, this is so exciting!

last song: My Walden, by Nightwish

currently watching playing:  I don’t watch TV or shows much, so I changed the question. Currently playing Baldur’s Gate 1

currently reading: Expectations by Goerge Gopen. It’s a book on how sentence structure/word order influences a sentence’s meaning/vibes, and also how to structure sentences to be easy to read and get your intended meaning/vibes across.

An example of sentence structure influences vibes is this:

This story is excellent, but the dialogue needs work.

The dialogue needs work, but the story is excellent

Same words, different order, different vibes (though these ideas aren’t a science by any means, and not everyone will agree on which sentence has the better vibes or if the vibes are different at all. But anyway.)

current obsession: writing my BG1 fic! Got 17k words so far :)

I’m gonna tag @liveinink @nostalgiaoverflow and @sovonight

[whimsy--wanderlust]

Traeger Smoked Pecanerry Stuffed Pork Chops I started these big boys from @miesfeldsmarket early to ensure we could watch the Pens game tonight! #gopens I went heavy with the @whiskeybentbbq and @kendrick_bbq #pecanerry as this collab rub isn't very salty at all. I then placed the @traegergrills at 225° for 30 minutes then bumped the temp to 350° to finish. Overall cook was about 1 1/2 hours and the internal of 145° is what you're looking for. The meat will still come up slightly while resting for that perfect bite. This is an easy Monday meal that takes little effort. Give it a try! 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 🥩 #traeger #traegergrills #traegerhood #traegerfamily #traegernation #teamtraeger @traegerambassador #traegeron #bbqlovers #bbq #barbecue #bbqlife #girlswhogrill #grilling #foodie #foodporn #foodphotography #food #igfoodie #instafood #instagood #culinary #gourmet #kitchen #homemade #instafood #ambassador #pelletgrill #pelletsmoker #cedarwindsmokers (at Cedar Grove, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWxFEru3YH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vans-n-jeans]

Did I mention that I love sports.

[this-should-do]

Freeman has neither the time nor the patience to deal with cowards who wont do their job, especially when they stop him from doing his

[ringasunn]

After a hiatus, quarantine puzzle #4. This one I'm framing. #pittsburgh #pittsburghpenguins #gopens #imisshockey #puzzles https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NNG87D08M/?igshid=5dbhzs745nwv

[thejerseybarn]

Dustin Brown W/Stanley Cup at Ithaca High School 2012 - LA Kings Jerseys http://tinyurl.com/ybx642gw #LAKings #lakingssledhockey #lakingsfan #lakingsicecrew #lakingsfamily #LAkings #lakingsgirl #lakingsaffiliate #lakingshockey #lakings #goodnight #thegreatone #waynegretzky #gretzkykings #losangeleskings #socialenvy #PleaseForgiveMe #hockeygram #score #hockeylife #pucklife #nhl #gagarincup #khl #hockeygame #hockeyfamily #icehockey #iihf #instahockey #ilovehockey #hockeylove #hockeylover #letsgopens #malkin #gopens #pittsburghpenguins #fitness #fit #hockeyislife #hockeyismylife #nutrition #healthyfood #igfit #workout #skating (at Ithaca High School)

[puckoffhockey-blog]

#sidneycrosby #crosby #pittsburghpenguins #nhlplayoffs #islanders #gopens #freak #freakysex #puckoffhockey #nhl #hockeymemes #hockey #nhlmemes #hockeyboys #hockeygirls #hockeyisforeveryone #hockeymom #hockeydad #hockeyseason #hockeylife #memesdaily #memes #lol #relatable #parentingmemes #funny #instagood #instamood (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwEs_E0A6Td/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uv15ljl4ya8w

[buildyourownarchitecture]

REMEMBER WHEN WE WON THE STANLEY CUP TWO YEARS IN A ROW!!!!!!!!

[jessemader]

Finally a sports night out w fam... Pens game ... Crosby, and a McDavid penalty shot 🤗... Lil cuz @tantalo91 w his perfect Italian smile 😃... Ima just rock the Irish smirk 😏 ... #family #penguins #cuz #sidneycrosby #connormcdavid @penguins #pittsburgh #pittsburghpenguins #gopens (at PPG Paints Arena) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2MzsGgI40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3jpnq0h2ugut

[antarcticbird]

They're so fast and they're just not giving the puck and away and I'm so in love with this game I wanna propose to it and marry it and live happily ever after

[adamjharris]

These porterhouse steaks are so big I needed two cookie sheets to get them to room temperature while they marinade. Nothing better than steaks and hockey. I can't wait to eat them. #memorialday #bbq #steak #gopens