On Saturday, April 10, 2021, the loving wife of Denver Johnstone and the mother of William Presher, passed away at the age of 75 in the Adventist Health Hanford with both her son and husband at her side. The cause of her death was pneumonia.
Jane was born in Sanger, California to William and Verna Haar. She grew up near Delano, California while living on a large grape producing ranch where her father, a World War II Navy veteran, was the superintendent of operations. Janes younger sister Kathy died in 1975 from pneumonia at age 25.
Jane started a long career of working for the State of California as an employee with the Department of Motor Vehicles in Los Angeles. Later, she worked at the Highway Patrol office in Bakersfield. From there, she moved to Hanford and worked for many years at the Visalia office of the California Department of Rehabilitation as a Case Service Assistant until her retirement.
PRIDE Industries Hosts COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for People with Disabilities
PRIDE Industries is partnering with Safeway and the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for people with disabilities. Eligible individuals were able to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on April 24 at PRIDE Industries’ corporate offices in Roseville, Calif. A second dose will be administered on May 15.
People with disabilities often face significant barriers to receiving vaccinations. Transportation may not be available, or a site may not be fully accessible. In addition, Websites are not always easy to navigate, making it harder to obtain information or make an appointment. For these reasons, PRIDE Industries joined the effort to create a vaccination clinic specifically for people with disabilities and their families.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed the current executive director of Grass Valley’s FREED Center for Independent Living to deputy director of the Independent Living and Community Access Division at the California Department of Rehabilitation.
Ana Acton, 45, will not move from her Nevada City home as she continues organizing and advocating on behalf of the elderly or disabled on the state level.
“An important role to play in the work that I do is keeping a voice for the local community, making sure that policies and decisions are reflective of local needs,” Acton said. “That’s one of my major goals in this position.
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Working with children and adolescents I have had many parents ask about 504 plans and Individual Educational Plans (IEP). Parents tend to focus on the assistance their child may need in elementary or high school due to a learning disability or mental health issues. Working over 20 years as a psychotherapist, what I have observed is that children who need assistance in elementary and high school typically need assistance in college. However, many students are not aware that they are entitled to assistance in College too. Now that schools and colleges are reopening many college students are planning on returning to campus and high school seniors who are graduating are preparing to leave for college. Parents are trying to anticipate what their child will need at college, such as laptops etc. However, do not forget their Individual Educational Plan (IEP) so they can arrange for accommodations at their college.
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