Summer2020-Mag-1

Virtually Yours
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic has upended millions of lives and
tested everyone’s resilience. To me, resilience, while not a
solution to the financial strain imposed on millions of families
and businesses, leads to the ability to pivot, reassess, and
examine options rationally. As the pandemic itself illustrates,
decisions based on panic and fear can be bad decisions, with
unintended consequences.
The fall-out from COVID-19 has been, at best, stressful for
everyone, but especially so for individuals with mental, physical,
sensory, or developmental challenges; even for those fortunate
enough to have escaped severe symptoms of the virus itself.
Countless individuals, businesses, and organizations have
stepped up to provide needed supplies and equipment to those
on the “front lines”. Businesses and organizations are also
scrambling to find ways to provide their services and products
to customers and clients.
Milestones Magazine is doing a sampling of our magazine
contributors (past, present, and future), all of whom have a
product or service that serves and/or employs people with
challenges. In this article we will share what they are doing
virtually to connect with their customers, clients, and employees
with challenges during this stay at home period, and beyond.
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