Monthly Archives: February, 2012
New Updates to IBS Impact.com for February 2012
Another major update to several pages of the IBS Impact main website was completed this month. These changes include the most current information on the progress of advocacy for the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act (HR 2239) and new links to some of this blog’s most popular posts, as well as a …
Public Restroom Access and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
UPDATE 5/10/2013: As of April 2013, IBS Impact received information on additional restroom access laws in Maryland and Maine. Please see the May 10, 2013 post. UPDATE: As of August 2012, Massachusetts became the thirteenth U.S. state to enact a restroom access law. See the August 20, 2012 post for details and a link to …
Parent Offers Cards to Advocate for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Research
Natalie Abbott of Colorado, the mother of a young child with a functional gastrointestinal disorder, found this blog while searching the Internet for information on HR 2239, the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act, which is currently under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. She contacted us to tell her family’s story …
Student Organization Provides Support and Awareness for Invisible Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
The IBS Impact founder made contact recently with InvisAbilities, an organization which currently offers peer-run support and other programs for students with invisible disabilities or chronic illnesses, as well as public awareness activities related to invisible conditions, at three universities in Canada. InvisAbilities was founded in 2009 by Julie Harmgardt, a student at Queen’s University …
UNC Online Chat: Revised Topic for February 7, 2012, “Mindfulness for Irritable Bowel Syndrome”
The University of North Carolina Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders has announced a change to the next online chat in its “Evening with the Experts” series. It will take place Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Eastern time. Instead of the previously scheduled chat on dietary approaches and probiotics, Susan Gaylord, PhD …
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