Portfolio
Care2.com Healthy & Green Living
Embracing a combination of healthy lifestyle, self-education, and modern medicine for people living with chronic illness and disability. (7/09 - present) Access all articles by Ann on Care2 Healthy & Green Living.
A few sample posts:
Worshiping Physical Beauty
Walking Your Way to a Healthier Mind, Body, and Soul
If Laughter is the Best Medicine...
Accessible Design Makes Good Business Sense
A Toke a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
When Positive Attitude Goes Negative
The Art of Inclusive Language
A Typical Life with Multiple Sclerosis
Beyond the Disabled Label
Handicapped Parking: A Guilt-Free Zone
MS on the Job: Workplace Protections Under ADA
Care2.com Causes
As a Causes writer, I provide news and commentary on health care policy, with occasional contributions on civil rights, politics, women’s issues, and environment. (1/09 - present) Access all articles by Ann on Care2 Causes.
A few sample posts:
Profile: Edward Janus, Passionate Online Activism at its Finest
Call to Action: Stop Feeding Farm Animals Unnecessary Antibiotics!
Information: MS: Who Gets It and Why
News: Closed Minds Shout Down Disabled Woman in Wheelchair
Opinion: Size Does Matter
Out There: What Do Meathead and Archie Have To Do with Health Care Reform?
MSFocus Magazine (Multiple Sclerosis Foundation)
Article: Victory for Common Sense, Victory for People with MS
Spring 2010 Issue - Volume 12, Issue 3
Article: The Financial Reality of MS
Summer 2008 Issue - Volume 10, Issue 3
In The Trenches Productions
Writing under my own name and under the pseudonym "Mandy Crest", I have covered a wide variety of topics for In The Trenches Productions' Blog, "Women Over 40 Rock!" and now function in a behind-the-scenes capacity as blog manager. (2/08 - present)
A few samples posts:
Book Promotion: Staging Your Comeback
Business Profile (Interview): It's Rainin' Glass
Inspiration: Our Time Is Now
Movies: It's Going to be a Bumpy Night and Living Large with Less
Social Commentary: Slice 'em and Dice 'em and Bellhop!
Television Show Promotion: Naked Lies and How to Look Good Naked's Self-Esteem Express
Website Promotion: Girl-Tox and The Best Kept Secret
Women in Politics: Election 2008: Who Really Won? and Hold the 'B' Word, Please
The Health Central Network
Writing as "Mandy Crest," I was featured twice each week on The Health Central Network's Multiple Sclerosis Central, covering MS-related issues from a patient perspective. (12/07 - 4/09) Access all articles by Mandy Crest on Multiple Sclerosis Central
A few sample posts:
Information: Guide for Uninsured Multiple Sclerosis Patients
The Politics of Health Care: Main Street, Wall Street, and MS
Marriage and MS: There's a Third Party in our Marriage
The Lighter Side of MS: MS Goes to the Office (Will the Real Tim Conway Please Stand Up)
MS in the Publlic Eye: The Montel/Oprah M.S. Misfire
Personal Blogs
Ruminations: My Writing Life
MS Maze: Multiple Sclerosis and Health Policy Issues
Client List
Fashionable Canes and Walking Sticks
Care2.com Healthy and Green Living
Care2.com Causes
Customer Magnetism
MSFocus Magazine
In The Trenches Productions
The Health Central Network
Memberships
The Author's Guild
American Society of Journalists and Authors
