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Re: Elderly and self identification as having a disability

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From: Gillen, Lori
Date: May 24, 2016 9:00AM

Hi Jim-

I'm not sure this is relevant but it is my hope that people in my company self-identify as having a disability so that they can reach out for the help they need to do their job to their optimum capacity. I think that I may be planting some seeds, but for the most part those with invisible disabilities, such as depression and other mental illnesses still have a stigma. Perhaps that is what is going on with the elderly. They came from a time when no one talks about those subjects, or maybe they are in denial about getting old and the disabilities that come with it.

Lori Gillen
Specialist Technical Writer
McKesson Corporation
Newton, MA