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What We’re Reading: July 2, 2018

July 2, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How A 25-Year-Old Drug For Nerve Pain Called Gabapentin Showed Up In Opioid Overdoses |Tech Times The Problem With The Drug Gabapentin is a generic drug that is typically used to treat nerve pain and seizures. The 25-year-old drug was one of the most prescribed medications in 2017. "Gabapentin was prescribed off-label for pain because [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Election Issues, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Cynthia Nixon, elections disability rights, Gabapentin, Michigan, opioid crisis, Palestine

What We’re Reading: May 21, 2018

May 21, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

‘A Dangerous Son’ Trailer: Liz Garbus Chronicles Children Struggling With Mental Illness in a Chaotic World | Indie Wire Prolific documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus is currently preparing to debut her new series “The Fourth Estate” at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival, but she’s already got another brand-new feature ready to go. Her latest film, “A [...]

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Filed Under: Blog, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Suicide, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: acessible voting, adaptive controller, Aging in Place, Apple, basketball, disability and voting, disability stock photos, Female coaches, home health workers, lonliness, mental illness, NBA, older mothers, Paralympics, renovations

What We’re Reading: May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How one reporter tied immigration rhetoric to losses in health coverage | Center for Health Journalism One woman who emigrated decades ago from the former Soviet republic of Georgia skipped chemotherapy for her multiple myeloma in 2017 out of fear that she might be deported. Two other cancer patients who had overstayed visas were scared [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible trnasportation, aging parents, Area agency on aging, disability culture, disability etiquette, disability in the UK, disability partking, guns, health coverage, immigraton, Lebanon, Microsoft, Older Americans Month, PAS Robots, Robots, virtual doctors

What We’re Reading: May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

New campaign hopes to help young people struggling with mental health | NBC News With the hashtag #MyYoungerSelf, a group of celebrities discuss their own struggles to help erase the stigma and encourage kids to get help. Many older Americans have active sex lives, survey shows | CBS News If you think seniors abandon their [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: #MyYoungerSelf, Amazon, disability and sports, disability fashion, Disability in India, Disabled in India, Mental Health, PAs, personal assitance, Sex and older americans, Shaquem Friffin, Sinead Burke, support workers

What We’re Reading: April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Using Your Home Equity For Aging In Place | Forbes A new Bankrate survey says 62% of homeowners never plan to move. If you’re one of those who'll be aging in place, you may be considering using your home equity to help do it, by taking out a reverse mortgage, a home equity line of [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Support Communities, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: 30 best cities for older americans, aging and investing, Aging in Place, air travel with disabilites, Delta, disability law journam, Medicaid work requirmenents, mental health awareness, opiod treatment and mediciad, Opioids, police officers with disabilites, UCLA

What We’re Reading: April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel? | AP Vernon Madison has spent decades on Alabama’s death row. Now 67, Madison has suffered from strokes and dementia and his lawyers say he no longer recalls the crime that put him there: the 1985 killing of a police officer. His speech is slurred, [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible taxis, Death penalty, disability history, HIV, investment, Lyft, medical marijuanan, music, nursing home evictions, nursing homes, ride share, uber, Via

What We’re Reading: April 16, 2018

April 16, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

New York switching to CCO model for disability services | State of Reform Starting July 1st, New York is changing how people with disabilities receive their services as the Medicaid Service Coordination program is replaced with Health Home Care Management, a new and improved service coordination program. Adults and children with intellectual and development disabilities [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, Technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessibility at Concerts, aging, Anna Sui, Bayard Rustin, Black Motherhood, CCo Mode;, Dancer with a disability, dementia, Disability pay Gap, Disability Services, Disability Studies, Foster Youth ], Latinx, LGBT, Maternity, MCPS, New York

What We’re Reading: April 9, 2018

April 9, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Governor Ivey Announces Funding for New Behavioral Health Services | Center for Public Representation Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth. When combined with federal matching funds, [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Blog, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Alabama, Alice Wong, Deaf Community, Deaf President Now, Disability cliff, disability in hollywood, DPN, Galaudet University, Hollywood, Id/DD, injured veterans, Kay Ivey, parents of individuals with disabilities, Paul Longmore, SF State, SSDI, SSI, Travel with Disabilities

What We’re Reading: March 26, 2018

March 26, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

As Trump targets immigrants, elderly and others brace to lose caregivers | Chicago Tribune The two women have been together since 2011, a 96-year-old originally from Italy and a Haitian immigrant who has helped her remain in her home - giving her showers, changing her clothes, taking her to her favorite parks and discount grocery [...]

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Filed Under: Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Challenged America, Disability Insurance, emojiis, Hurricaine Maria, Hurricane Katrina, Maryangel Garcia Ramos, Ram Your Voice, U.S. Paralympics, Vilissa Thompson

What We’re Reading: March 19, 2018

March 19, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

'Access+Ability' exhibit showcases designs for, and by, those with disabilities | CNN Eye-catching objects designed for, and by, people with physical and other disabilities are the focus of the current "Access+Ability" exhibition in New York. More than 70 exhibits, including colorful prosthetic leg covers and jeweled earrings that are also hearing aids, are featured as [...]

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Filed Under: Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible subway, aging Americans, disability exhibits, Disability in England, disability rights in Ethiopia, disbaility history, doctors with disabilities, Ethiopia, Exercise, Immune Sysgtems, Judy Heumann, Mental halth, MTA, older americans, Robot assitants, Robot PAS, Stephen hawking, Yetnebersh Nigussie

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