Jocelyn Wiener


Jocelyn Wiener is an Oakland-based writer who covers health, mental health, poverty and social issues. Her stories have run in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, NPR, Kaiser Health News and other publications around the country. She is a former staff writer for The Sacramento Bee. 

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Children with disabilities may wait years for essential medical equipment

By Jocelyn Wiener, California Healthline
20 July 2018 | 6 min read
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Deportation a constant fear for immigrants with disabled children

By Jocelyn Wiener, Kaiser Health News
24 May 2017 | 9 min read
MIND Institute
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The builders: How parents shaped autism research

By Jocelyn Wiener
5 October 2016 | 21 min read

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