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What We’re Reading: June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Moment of silence marks six months since Pulse massacre | CBS News ORLANDO, Fla. -- The fence around Pulse opened early Monday for an intimate ceremony marking six months since the mass shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured at the Orlando nightclub, reports CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV. Survivors, staff and family members of [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Diversity, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Support Communities, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, Addiction, aging, Aging and drinking, Aging in prison, Aging LGBTQ Americans, disability, disabiltiy dating, Google, Medicaid, Opiod epidemic, Pulse Night club, self driving vehicles, SSDI, SUD, Tai Chi, Texas, Texas Bathroom bill, Transgender issues, Washingt Post

What We’re Reading: May 1, 2017

May 1, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Can Aging be Reversed | The Huffington Post What would that be like in our world if a new paradigm existed for aging?  A paradigm that actually gives practical tools towards reversing the common road our bodies walk as we get older. We see all around us that to age is to decline. The baby [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible subway, aging, Autistic men, Calico, consent, Diane Keaton, Easterseals’ Disability Film Challenge, geriatric mental health, Google, Malnutrition and Minority Older Adults, North Korea, NYC Subway, sugary drinks, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, United Nations Expert on disabiltiy

Autism Acceptance Month – Moving Beyond Awareness

April 25, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

By Reid Knight, Leadership Programs Coordinator, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network April is Autism Acceptance Month!  During the month of April we recognize our friends, family members and colleagues on the autism spectrum and further highlight the importance of a society that is more inclusive and accepting of neurodiversity.   During April you have probably seen many recognitions [...]

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Filed Under: Blog, Disability Issues, Diversity, News Tagged With: autism, Autism Acceptance Month, autistic, neurodiversity, Reid Caplan

What We’re Reading: April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

10 Smart Ways to Make a Home Safer for Your Aging Parents | Reader’s Digest Just under six percent of American households are multi-generational, with three or more generations living together under one roof. And as the U.S. population ages (there are almost 50 million people aged 65 and over in this country), that number [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADAPT, Bob Kalfka, Cinemability, Haggadah, Justice in Aging, Kathleen Romig, Rebecca Vallas, SSDI, SSI, Washington Post

What We’re Reading: March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Why is job opportunity still lagging for people with disabilities? ICYMI there was a nice segment on PBS NewsHour on employment and disability. The study they cited suggested that employment discrimination remains, and there is much work to be done. We hope segments like this will help change attitudes, and we think they can. New [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Medicare & Medicaid, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: indegenous persons, native americans

What We’re Reading: March 13, 2017

March 13, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

#CriptheVote Twitter Chat: Protecting the ADA and Disability Rights #CriptheVote hosted their 17th Twitter Chat on the Americans with disabilities Act and specifically HR 620; the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017. Here is a sample of the conversation   Nominations for the US Business Leadership Network Leadership Awards are now open! The awards [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Diversity, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, ADA Education and Reform Act, Assisted Suicide, Caregivers, International Women's Day, NASI, older americans, Project SEARCH, South Korea, television, USBLN

What We’re Reading: March 6, 2017

March 6, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Most 'anti-aging' remedies are bogus, but here's what you should know about aging from 20s to your 60s | Business Insider It's generally accepted that with each decade of our lives comes a new visible marker of age. To combat these tell-tale signs, dozens of "anti-aging" products and routines are marketed at people (mostly women) [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Diversity, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Brenda Dare, disability, Dustin Gibson, mardi gras, sex

Join us for a Women’s History Month Twitter Chat — 3/15 7:30 p.m. EST #WHMChat

March 3, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Celebrate Women's History Month! March is National Women’s History Month and as a means of recognizing Women’s History and continuing to have disability be a part of the conversation, we will be hosting a Twitter Chat on March 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. EST.. Our chat will be a conversation about the experiences of women, and some [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Diversity, News Tagged With: HSC FOundation, Kings Floyd, WHM2017, Women's History Month, Youth Fellow

What We’re Reading: Feb 27, 2017

February 27, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ visionary, channels mental illness into art |The Washington Post Don’t ask Yayoi Kusama what’s been the highlight of her career. She might be 87 years old, internationally renowned and about to have major, simultaneous exhibitions in the United States and Japan, but she’s not done yet. Kusama, who has [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Diversity, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity Tagged With: Depression, hidden disabilities, John Sheets, Teen Suicide, Yayoi Kusama

Doing Double Time – A Look at the Unique Stakes of Black and Disability Identity

February 22, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

by Dr. Cynthia Overton, Ph.D. “Organizations that support an African American stakeholder base are positioned to highlight that disability is a part of life--some experience it earlier and others experience it with age—and that it’s not something to be ashamed of, feared, or ignored.”  February is Black History Month and though there has always been [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Disability Issues, Diversity, News Tagged With: BHM2017, Black and Disabled, Black History Month, HBCU Disability Consortium, National Black Disability COnsortium, NCIL, Race and Disabilit, Ramp Your Voice

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