Parent Proofing Your Home
by Empish J. Thomas
RE Magazine
August 2005 Issue

As people grow older, they will experience changes in the vision, hearing, strength, and dexterity which can have a direct impact on how they relate to their home environment.  So if they downsize, they look for homes that are “aging friendly” so they can remain there longer.  “I have seen the need for home modifications increase steadily over the years, specifically because people are living longer,” said Barbaro Ponce, General Contractor for Adaptive Living Spaces, which provides accessible and economical home assessments, design and modifications to the elderly and disabled in the greater Atlanta area.
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COSD Conference
by Empish J. Thomas
Careers and the Disabled Magazine
Summer, 2006 Issue

A May 2006 Atlanta Journal Constitution story, blares a sobering statistic – “Forty percent of college students with disabilities are unemployed after graduation.” This news flash is not surprising to Alan Muir, Executive Director of the Career Opportunities for College Students with Disabilities at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, and reflects why the COSD conference was held this past June in Atlanta, Georgia.

Johnathan Porter, student at Seattle University and Intern at Microsoft with Justin Saint Clair, Johnathan's mentor at Microsoft, speaking on the Intern and Internship Supervisor Panel at the COSD 7th Annual National Conference in Atlanta, GA on June 15.

L to R: Gena Smith, Moderator of the Panel from Winthrop University; Melodi King, Student at Arizona State University and a former intern at Merck & Co., Inc.; Keith Silverman, Melodi's Internship Supervisor at Merck & Co., Inc. presenting on the Intern and Internship Supervisor Panel at the COSD 7th Annual National Conference in Atlanta, GA on June 15.
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