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Four Precious Commodities
by Nathaniel Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP I feel like the most precious commodity is time. Each person only has a finite amount of time, and it...
Nathaniel Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP
May 16, 2024

My Experience Living with Community Options
by: Michael Perret I moved out of my parents house at the age of 27. I have been living with Community Options for 12 years in September....
Michael Perret
May 9, 2024

PATC Personal Stories
by: Maggie Jones There are some days I feel that my disability is always telling me I can't do enough to be helpful to anybody. Or i'm...
Maggie Jones
May 9, 2024

DEIB and Antisemitism: a Personal Experience
By: Nathaniel R Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP Last year I was elected to be the co-chair of Penn State University Staff Advocacy Committee’s...
Nathaniel R Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP
Apr 25, 2024

The Puzzle of Disabilities & Employment
By: L. P. There are different pieces of the puzzle with understanding disabilities within individuals; some that are easy and some that...
L. P.
Apr 25, 2024

Jake's Jokes!
by Jake Ziesche What do you call a pig in the middle of the street? A road hog. What did the bird say when it landed on another planet?...
Jake Ziesche
Mar 20, 2024

Musical Mystery Tour Chapter 4 Pt. 2
by Jake Ziesche Once the matter of whether or not Daria could stay or not was in order, Alfredo asked her, “Are you one of those sirens...
Jake Ziesche
Mar 20, 2024

Jake’s Top 10: Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
by Jake Ziesche 10 Two’s a Cloud- Cloud Guy moves into Branch’s bunker. 9 Hair-Jitsu- Poppy teaches Branch hair-jitsu. 8 Party Crash...
Jake Ziesche
Mar 20, 2024

February 29 Adventures
By: Nathaniel Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP Leap Day (February 29) is an extra day that happens once every 4 years and most just consider it to...
Nathaniel Geyer
Feb 28, 2024

Feedback on the ADHD Medication Crisis
By: Nathaniel Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP Currently in the United States and the United Kingdom there is a shortage of ADHD medication. At the...
Nathaniel Geyer
Feb 26, 2024

How to Cope with Hard Times
By: Maggie Jones I have lived to see my life happy as it is. I didn't understand what death was until I was almost seventeen years old. I...
Maggie Jones
Feb 22, 2024

You're the Reason I Keep Going
By: Maggie Jones I know in my heart, there is something deep inside that understands why you and everyone here that I have ever known put...
Maggie Jones
Feb 21, 2024

The Music Support Group Academy Varsity Marching Band
By: Amelia Krzton The Music Support Group Academy in McCandless is not the only one to have aspiring musicians as clients (Elizabeth...
Amelia Krzton
Feb 21, 2024

Our Friend Ms. Susie
By: Maggie Jones and Zach Grabowski In Loving Memory of A Great Friend Zach: Ms. Susie O’Leary was a mother of one son, a grandmother of...
Zach Grabowswki & Maggie Jones
Feb 8, 2024

Male Breast Cancer
by Nathaniel Geyer, DrPH, CPH, GISP Male Breast Cancer is an understudied public health disorder that the CDC (Centers for Disease...
Nathaniel Geyer
Feb 8, 2024

Hannah Mears - The New Face of Pittsburgh Sports Social Media
Story and Photos by Robert Hester As a native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Hannah Mears grew up thinking she wanted to be in the medical...
Robert Hester
Feb 8, 2024

The Life and Times of Donald Tripplet
by Joshua Walburn The first person to be diagnosed with autism is Donald Triplett. He was born to a wealthy family in Mississippi. His...
Joshua Walburn
Feb 8, 2024


The Rainbow of Knowledge
By Daniel H. Ashkin After a severe thunderstorm, he or she often sees a beautiful rainbow full of man vibrant colors in the sky. The...
Daniel H. Ashkin
Feb 5, 2024


What I Have Learned in Therapy All These Years
By: Maggie Jones I went through all of this all my life. As a person with autism, with depression and anxiety, I learned a lot of lessons...
Maggie Jones
Feb 5, 2024


James Taylor Life
By Daniel H. Ashkin James Taylor was born in the city of Boston, MA in 1948. After he became three years old, his family moved to the...
Daniel H. Ashkin
Feb 5, 2024
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