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 Consumer Advisory Board Newsletter
ENSURING PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS HAVE A VOICE IN ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"----- so wrote poet, John Keats, in his famously beautiful "Ode to Autumn"----and the Fall season is redolent of ripening and the rich rewards of the harvest. Autumn is also the time which, for most of us, puts us in mind of our youthful school days. Remember?
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Employment and Arthritis: Making It Work
You have arthritis and you're having a difficult time at work. What if there were a computer program designed to help you manage your disease related problems at work? It's coming!
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Workplace "Accommodation": What Is It and How Does It Apply?
You have responsibilities to yourself and your family. As well, you didn't check your career expectations and ambitions at the door to your rheumatologist's office. You have always been an achiever who takes pride in being a competent contributor to your workplace. How do you square this circle?
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Endings and Beginnings: The ART in Arthritis
What does a diagnosis of arthritis mean to the millions of Canadians who have the disease? It means change! Change in expectations, career path, hours of work, family planning, friendships, social activities, and sometimes hobbies.
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Make Volunteering Work For You!
People volunteer for a number of different reasons, and volunteers come from diverse employment backgrounds. When people leave their jobs through retirement or disability, volunteerism can provide a place where they can use the specific skills and talents they have developed in the paid workplace.
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