March is Developmental Disabilities month: 2011...

As readers of this blog know, developmental disabilities / intellectual disabilities (DD/ID) advocacy and celebration is important to AdultSpan Counseling. March is a great time to reflect on how people with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities enrich our lives.  In the 1960’s people with developmental disabilities were hidden away in institutions.  In the 1970’s the community living movement gained traction. ...

What Can Counseling offer Men In the Information A...

Never in the history of the world have men had more “how to” information available. When lost, we’ll gladly use GoogleMap’s voice search feature before using our voice to ask for directions! Mental Health for most men is no different. WebMD, Mental Health Net, PsychCentral all represent the “how to.” The “self help” section of Amazon has more than 60,000 books related to mental health. Men know the who,...

Nebraska ranked 39th for Support of Persons with D...

A comprehensive report by Terran Bragdon through United Cerebral Palsy and posted on Disability Scoop ranking states for inclusion and quality of care criteria received by persons with intellectual disabilities shows good news… compared to 2009, Nebraska jumped 5 states. Bad news… that just barely gets us out of the bottom 10. Here’s the skinny. Nebraska is 33rd in the nation with 75% percent of DD/ID resources...

Have you “Friended” your Insurance Company? Ni...

We’ve all heard the admonitions about watching what we post to FaceBook and other social networking sites in terms of how it will affect our employability. That picture your friend Joe took where you are documented having poor judgment may keep you from getting hired, but what about insurance? A recent posting at PsychCentral discusses an article about how insurance companies are using social media to deny benefits. That...