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Creating an Accessible Vaccine Experience for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

May 3, 2021 by Claudia Paoletto

View this resource as a PDF Federal law requires that all public spaces, such as public health buildings, convention centers, fairgrounds, doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and other businesses comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to protect people from discrimination based on their disabilities. Vaccination clinics must comply with the ADA. Any entity operating a [...]

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Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, News Tagged With: Access to the COVID Vaccine, Accessible helath care, COVID Vaccine, People with disabilitiesand COVID 19, vaccine centers

What We’re Reading: November 2, 2020

November 2, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Oir nationla gears up for election day, aging parents might be overspedning NAD holiday plans shifted by COVID, AND Hewlett Packard Chief talks the importance of NDEAM and the ocnfrmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett all in What we’re reading.

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Election Issues, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Albama, Amy Coney Barrett, COVID-19, Crip Tales, disability representation in Hollywood, drug prescriptions, elections, Hewlett-Packard, mental decline, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, NDEAM, nursing homes, Paid Family and Medical Leave, pandemic election, telehealth, Thanksgiving, venture capital

What We’re Reading: October 26, 2020

October 26, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Older African Americans suffer more from COVID-19, Why voting matters for the disability community AND fewer Korean-Americans use Mental health services PLUS why some of the aging community is using pot for common health problems all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Election Issues, Employment, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: African Americans and aging, African Americans and COVID-19, asian americans, disability rights movement, Korean Americans, Marijuana, Microsoft, National Council on Disability, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, older americans

What We’re Reading: October 19, 2020

October 19, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week – How signature matching for ballots ahas some Voters with disabilites worried AND the power of patience and how it may be a superpower for people with disabilities at work AND how COVID-19 might be exposing a disabiltiy reporting gap all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Election Issues, Medicare & Medicaid, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Bryan Tuttle, COVID-19, disability reporting, handwriting and voting, learning disability, Medicare

What We’re Reading: September 28, 2020

September 28, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week we look at the perils of voting when you are a person with a disability, consider the needs of caregivers and accessibility for people who are Deaf/HOH in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Election Issues, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: AAPD, accessibility, accessible voting, Deaf/HOH, Disability and COVID-19, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What We’re Reading: August 31, 2020

August 31, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: We walk towards Labor Day weekend, advocates and parents want more from their schools and websites become a bigger focus during COVID-19 PLUS We say goodbye to Chadwick Boseman.

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Employment, Health Insurance, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Actors with Disabilities, aging parents, COVID-19, Disability Rights in San Francisco, Older Trachers, Students with disabilites, Teachers

What We’re Reading: August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Allies for Independence wants to make sure we don’t lose disability data tied to COVID-19, AND Haben Girma on how disability drives innovation AMD what seniors can expect in a post vaccine world PLUS Why every person with a disability may not want to talk to you about their disability

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA Anniversary, Allies for Independence, COVID-19, elemedicine, Equal Pay, Frankenstein, Haben Girma, International issues, ivity, menopause, Michelle Obama, older adults, pandemic, Rain man

What We’re Reading: August 17, 2020

August 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Retires debate Alzheimer’s vs COVID-19, 10,000 Americans die waiting for SSDI hearings AND how the Biden Disability Plan could close the Equal Pay loophole PLUS Michelle Obama opens up about depression and menopause all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Biden, COVID-19, disability stereotypes, Endemic violence, Equal Pay, high blood pressure, Long Term Care, menopause, Michelle Obama, Raja Abdullah Almasabi, SSDI, structural racism, Telemedicine

What We’re Reading: August 10, 2020

August 10, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Older adults having connection issues with telehealth, Chicago police ire a disability expert and the Navajo nation flattens the curve PLUS ADA Celebrations continue with the NDLA Blog Parade

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: Chicago, Disability and the arts, Navajo, older adults, Older adults and the pandemic, Special Ed, telehealth

What We’re Reading: August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: We continue to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the ADA wit Lex Frieden and Merrill Friedman, Loneliness and its impact on aging seniors, AND how the Internets is reacting to SSDI PLUS the last words of Rep. John Lewis

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: 30th Anniversary of teh ADA, ableism, ADA30, aging parents, COVID-19, disability culture, disability rigts, Food Security, immigrants, Jon Lewis, lonliness, National Intern Day, SSDI, Vilissa Tompson

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