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What We’re Reading, May 20, 2019

May 20, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

While one person with a disability was raised to power, another was erased from history. Learn more about what you may have missed in What we’re reading — our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us.

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Activity, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: abortion, Baby Boomers, CMS, dementia, disability and dating, Emergency Preparedness, Game of Thrones, Kentucky, Medicaid Exclusion, Older Americans Month, Planet Fitness, Pride, Running, Tennessee

What We’re Reading, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: Accessible gaming, accessible parks, autism, Autistic kids, Chair Chats, Doris Day, e-scooters, Education, George Washington University, guide dogs, Long Term Care, Older Americans Month, parents with disabilities, school shootings, Sesame Street

What We’re Reading, May 6, 2019

May 10, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible housing, Alzheimer's Disease, Assisted Living, athletes with disabilites, Black Health, Cisco, Daryl Chill Mitchell, Disability Film Challenge, Easterseals, Intuit, John Singleton, Matthew Wangerman, measles, My Dad Matthew, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, retirement, RJ Mitte, Social Security Administration, wheelchair boxing

What We’re Reading, April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Suicide, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: 2020 Olympic games, accessible skiing, accessible testing, accessible travel, aging, aging in Japan, aging patents, Dialysis, Disability in Japan, discrimination in elementary school, farmers and mental health, Joe Biden, Older Americans Month, Paralympics, SECURE Act, Special (netflix show)

What We’re Reading, April 15, 2019

April 15, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Trying to think about work, but all you can see is Bran Stark’s contempt? We’ve got last weeks articles on aging and disability so you don’t need to consult the 3 eyed raven.

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Suicide, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible transportation, aging, Aging in Place, autism, Autism Society, Campaign for Disability Employment, Fentanyl, Haley Moss, LGBTQ, lonliness, Lyft, Rideshare, Shaquem Griffin, Socaiel Security, Tenn Care, uber

What We’re Reading: April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

It’s Rex Manning Day! Since we mustn’t dwell on today (of all days) get caught up on the news and articles on disability and aging that interested us last week.

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Developmental Disabilities, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, ACA, accessible travel, Assisted Living, Blind Runner, Cillian Jackson, disability design, disability hierarchy, Ed Roberts, Marijuana, retirement, Ryan O'Connell, San Antonio Spurs, Special, Special Olympics, Tammy Duckworth, Violence against older americans, World Autism Awareness Day

What We’re Reading, April 1, 2019

April 1, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Don’t be an April Fool! Catch up on the news and articles on aging and disability so that you are in the know before you get pranked!

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Suicide, What We're Reading Tagged With: Access to healthcare, accessible testing, ADHD, Arizona, Assisted Suicide, College Admissions Scandal, Hawaii, id/dd/, LGBTQ, Mia Ives-Rubee, NHCOA, opiod crisis, queer, Selfies, Sex Ed, veterans with disabilities, womon of color

In 2019, Let’s Make Poor Access to Healthcare for Women, History

March 31, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

We, as a society, must seriously re-evaluate how we treat marginalized women’s healthcare needs, especially disabled women and women of color. Reproductive healthcare, and healthcare in general, should provide adequate treatment to all women in an accessible manner without inherent bias.

Filed Under: Blog, Disability Issues, Diversity, Health Insurance, News Tagged With: Health care, LGBTQ, Mia Ives-Rublee, queer, Serena Williams, Women of Color

What We’re Reading, March 18, 2019

March 18, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake | CNET When Seiichi Miyake found out a close friend was losing the ability to see clearly, he wanted to help. That desire led to an entirely new way for the visually impaired to navigate big cities, railways and parks. In 1965, Miyake invented the tactile [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Activity, Technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible travel, College Admissions Scandal, Damage Data by airlines, Google, Google Doodle, HIV, National Nutrition Month, older americans, Seiichi Miyake, wheelchair

What We’re Reading: March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Bankrupt vets can lose their disability benefits. This new effort would protect them. | Military Times Two senators just introduced a bill designed to shield veterans’ disability benefits from debt collectors. When a disabled vet declares bankruptcy currently, the law allows debtors to count a veteran’s disability benefits as disposable income, allowing them to seize [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Alzheimer's Disease, anti-vaxers, autism, dementia, DREDF, Drew Barrymore, electric scooters, Health care, measles, vaccines and autism, veterans with disabilities

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