Adaptive recreation helps people with disabilities enjoy outdoor recreation
Parks systems across Southeast Michigan are working to eliminate barriers and make outdoor recreation a more easily accessible experience for residents with disabilities.
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Here’s how Detroiters are working to ensure residents benefit from the Joe Louis Greenway
A robust community engagement process is informing greenway development in myriad ways, ensuring that the greenway reflects residents' history, serves their needs, and offers them economic opportunity.
Equity initiatives seek to make Southeast Michigan parks better, safer, and more welcoming for all
Southeast Michigan parks' equity initiatives vary depending on the communities they serve, but they have similar positive results for all residents.
PODCAST: Building more dementia-friendly communities
Many people living with dementia don't feel valued or respected in their communities. But some activists in Michigan are working to change that by creating dementia-friendly communities, where the general public better understands dementia and people living with dementia have more opportunities to engage in public life.
PODCAST: Inside the rapidly expanding field of dementia research
One of the most frustrating and scary things about dementia is that we still know breathtakingly little about it. But the medical community in Michigan, as in the rest of the U.S., is currently working at unprecedented speed to change that.
PODCAST: Building support for dementia caregiving challenges
Becoming a caregiver to a person living with dementia is a challenging process. We talked with Michigan caregivers about their struggles, their successes, and the resources and support they need to do their vital work.
PODCAST: Dementia disparities in communities of color
Dementia is challenging for everyone, but it takes a particularly heavy toll in communities of color. Here's how people living with dementia, researchers, and activists are working to change that in Michigan.
PODCAST: No more “diagnose and adios”: Rethinking dementia diagnosis
Getting a dementia diagnosis can be a challenging, years-long process. Here's how Michiganders living with dementia and those who care for them are working to change that.
PODCAST: Dementia is not a death sentence
As we kick off the second season of the Michigan's State of Health podcast, we'll introduce you to some of the Michiganders who are working to reframe dementia – including people who are living with dementia themselves.
How could Ann Arbor-Traverse City passenger rail service expand transportation equity in Michigan?
An ambitious transit proposal that's been gathering steam for over a decade could significantly contribute to addressing the inequities in access to transportation between northern and southern Michigan.
