research-l Mailing List: Re: Welcoming new folks to our listserv!

[Desiree Kameka (dkameka]

Greetings new friends,

I love cohousing and would love to one day live in a neurodiverse cohousing community. For work, I help people with autism or other developmental disability and their families think creatively about how to secure housing and "the good stuff of life" for when one's Mom and Dad are no longer around to support them... @David, smarthome technology has a huge barely-tapped market in this community.

I added a filter for cohousing to my online supportive housing database (the Autism Housing Network) so families interested in developing or connecting with other cohousers could find each other. The need to raise awareness of cohousing as an option and more intentionally help families who have loved one's with special needs connect and create cohousing is so important...

Right now I am developing a Quality of Life indicator survey to track change in health/wellness/happiness/motivation of people with disabilities who are able to access supportive housing as there is stigma in Medicaid that "intentional communities" segregate and isolate people with disabilities. If any of you would like to geek out and share what big impact indicators I should not leave out- please contact me!

Warm regards,

Desiree

Desiree Kameka

Director of Community Engagement and Housing Network

National Coordinator, Coalition for Community Choice

Project Lead of the Autism Housing Network 

 

Madison House Autism Foundation

15201 Shady Grove Road, Suite 200

Rockville, MD 20850 l 240.246.7140

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On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Matthew Hicks <Matthew.Hicks [at] student.nunm.edu> wrote:

Hi,

 

I’m a naturopathic medical student that just finished a masters in integrative medical research. I’m focusing my career on researching and promoting community as a means of improving health outcomes. I live in Portland, OR and have been interested in cohousing for a while but don’t have any first hand experience with it.

 

Matthew Hicks, MS

Integrative Medical Research

Naturopathic Medical Student

National University of Natural Medicine

 

From: research-l [mailto:research-l-bounces+matthew.hicks=student.nunm.edu@cohousingresearchnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Tom Jenkins
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2017 7:17 AM
To: Matthew Hicks <Matthew.Hicks [at] student.nunm.edu>
Subject: Re: [research-l] Welcoming new folks to our listserv!

 

Hello!

 

I’m Tom, a PhD student at Georgia Tech studying cohousing as a way of rethinking and extending “smart” homes and communities. I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia, but grew up in upstate New York in Ithaca, where cohousing and intentional communities have a history through the Ecovillage there, as well as at newer sites like pocket communities.

 

Tom Jenkins

PhD Candidate, Digital Media Program

School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Georgia Institute of Technology

 

On August 3, 2017 at 7:01:38 PM, Neil Planchon (neil [at] swansway.com) wrote:

Hello everyone - Happy August 3rd in CA, that is!

As is my custom, I am letting our current subscribers know that some new folks have joined us! And they are...

Kathryn S
Charles S
Dorit F (Hello!)
Matthew H
Rich Ann B
Jane N
Blanca H
Desiree K (Hello!)
Josette D
Julie M
Tom J

Newcomers,
Welcome one and all. Please take a moment to introduce yourselves, and tell us where you live and what connect you to us.

Thank you
Neil
CRN team and technologist
http://www.cohousingresearchnetwork.org

and founding resident of Swan's Market Cohousing (Oakland, CA)
http://www.swansway.com


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