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What We’re Reading: July 20, 2020

July 20, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This Week – NAB Convener Lex Frieden reminds us that older adults and #pwds deserve COVID treatment, AND the DEI tells us the Best Places to work for #pwds, AND LTSS, PLUS Classic Reggae anthem is remastered for the pandemic all in What We’re Reading

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: ageism, Bob Marley, DEI, Disability employment, Disability Equality Index, Disability: IN Ohio, fish, Lex Frieden, Long Term Care, South Crolina

What We’re Reading: April 27, 2020

April 27, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: EEOC gives the green light for COVID-19 Testing at work, a renewed call for Caregivers and PAs, and how to address mental health and loneliness concerns for older Americans, PLUS Alicia Keys and the Rolling Stones add to your Pandemic Playlist.

Filed Under: Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Alicia Keys, EEOC, Good Job, lonliness, nursing homes, Rolling Stones

What We’re Reading: April 13, 2020

April 13, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Why is Coronavirus different for Black people? One of the most important films about disability is on Netflix and you can watch it right now, Ed Roberts and how he changed the world as we know it, what we’re learning about aging from animals AND why is Coronavirus different for Black people? PLUS three artists release social distance anthems AND all in this week’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Developmental Disabilities, Election Issues, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: 21 Pilots, absentee voting, CDC, Crip Camp, Ed Roberts, Face coverings., Gloria Estefan, Id/DD, mail in ballots, masks, Meals on Wheels, nutritious, older americans, racial justice, Randy Newman, voting, World Health Day

What We’re Reading: April 6, 2020

April 6, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Major disability org launches a new program honoring Fannie Lou Hamer, DOL offers new regulations to help with masks to support health professionals AND multiple communities weigh in on their thoughts about Coronavirus – you won’t believe which group is least worried – al in this week’s What We’re Reading.

Filed Under: Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Election Issues, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: AAPD, Alice Wong, cloth covering, debt, Debt crisis, Department of Labor, Fannie Lou Hamer, Judy Hemann, kids with disabilites, masks, medical rationing, NFFCMH, OSHA, social isolation, Ventilators

Physical Distancing Essentials for COVID-19/Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Self isolation from COVID-19 has many Americans staying indoors and getting acquainted with homeschool and telework for the first time. If you are dealing with the isolation blues or just need a little support, here are some Isolation Essentials to help get you through.

Filed Under: Blog, Caregivers, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Events, Housing, Mental Health, News Tagged With: corona virus, COVID-19, home school, isolation, Mental Health, self-quarantine, Working from home

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

March 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We sat down with two of our NAB members, to learn about the hurdles individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD) and their parents are still facing and how they navigate education, supports and services.

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News Tagged With: Baby Boomers, Berthy de la Rosa Aponte, Brill COnsulting, family caegivers, IDD, Individuals with developmental Disabilites, Intellectual disabilites, Jimmo Settlement Agreement, Kathy Brill, ODEA, Students with disabilites

What We’re Reading: February 10, 2020

February 10, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This past week gave us the end of a Presidential Impeachment, anther Presidential Debate, as well as some surprises at the Oscars. Catch up on the rest of the news on aging and Divisibility in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA Anniversary, aging, Career Lattices, caregiver apps, corona virus, disability and social media, Jewish Disability Awareness, police violence, SSI/SSDI, Super Bowl, World Cancer Day

What We’re Reading: February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Kansas City clinches the Super Bowl Win, Punxatawney Phill predicts an early spring as well as the new look for Barbie and advances in adaptive gaming as we also say goodbye to Jim Lehrer in this week’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, News, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: adaptive controller, adaptive gaming, aging, Baby Boomers, Barbie, Child Care, Dolls with Vitiligo, Ji Lehrer, senior living, Social Security Disability Benefit, SSDI, SSI, Vitiligo, XBOX

What We’re Reading: January 6, 2020

January 6, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Welcome to a new decade! A Deaf/Blind advocate talks about her experiences at Harvard, connections between depression, mental health and poverty and a Presidential candidate releases a disability plan all in the first What We’re Reading of 2020!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Election Issues, Health Insurance, Hospice, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: deaf/blind, Depression, disability platform, downsizing, Elizabeth Warren •, Elizabeth Warren Disability Platform, Haben Gurma, Harvard, Harvard Law, The Witcher

What We’re Reading: December 30, 2019

December 30, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

For auld lang syne, ableist narratives, the decade that never ended and the countdown to 2020 all in this week’s What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Events, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: 2020, 2030, ableism, Disability life, The OUghts

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