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What We’re Reading: September 3, 2018

September 4, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How To Have A Meaningful Conversation About Disability At Work | Forbes If you have a disability, you very quickly come to understand that it is an issue most people don’t open up about at work. Sure, talking about your experience with chronic fatigue syndrome, depression or a learning disability such as dyslexia might happen [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, What We're Reading Tagged With: accommodations, aging parents, CriptheVote, disability, disabiltiy employment, Labor Day 2018, Robin Roberts, Senior citizens day

What We’re Reading: August 27, 2018

August 27, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

John McCain, senator and former presidential candidate, dies at 81 | CNN Whenever America was in a fight during his long lifetime, John McCain was in the thick of it. McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Employment, Legislation & Policy, News, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Back Pain, Best Buy, Blind Cyclists, Center for Disease COntrol, Cosmopolitan, Deaf Owned Business, Disability in Japan, disability in the UK, Disabiltiy and martial arts, insomnia, John McCain, Kavanaugh, Latinxs, Long Term Care, Lyft, Mississippi, Rideshare, SCOTUS, Streetcar 82 Brewing OCmpany, Stress, uber, VA

What We’re Reading: August 20, 2018

August 20, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

The Misperception Of Disability | WNPR In the summer of 2018, the Colin McEnroe Show and the entire talk show team at WNPR had the honor in selecting Jason Perez for an internship at Connecticut Public Radio. Perez worked with Colin McEnroe Show senior producer Betsy Kaplan to produce an episode, aired August 8, that [...]

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Filed Under: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: access to education, accessibility, ACT, aging, Baby Boomers, Bankruptcy, Betsy Kaplan, Center for American Progress, Colin McEnroe, Disability employment, Disability Justice Initative, Lila Call, Maysoon Zayid, older americans

What We’re Reading: August 13, 2018

August 13, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Counter-Protesters Flock to Downtown D.C. to Oppose White Supremacists | Washington City Paper In a powerful rebuke to the Nazis and white supremacists rallying in D.C. near the White House on August 12 for the one year anniversary of the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, thousands of counter-protesters took to the streets [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Events, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Bankruptcy, Disability in Egypt, Hollywood, Medicaid, Social Determinants of health, Straw ban, swimmers with disabilties, Unite To Right Rally, Walgreens

What We’re Reading: June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Older Americans Among "The Unseen" In The Opioid Epidemic | The Fix Opioid misuse nearly doubled for Americans older than 50 over a 12-year span. The focus of the opioid crisis tends to be on younger generations. But this could be problematic, as, according to the Washington Post, older generations are increasingly at risk to [...]

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Filed Under: Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible design, Accessible gaming, aging, Aging LGBTQ Americans, disability in prison, disability in the arts, LGBTQ Aging, opioid addiction

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: April 2, 2018

April 2, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

"Tough Talk" With Your Aging Parents Is Now More About Prescription Drug Abuse Than Finances | Forbes It used to be that having the “tough talk” with your aging parents meant trying to get them to open up about their finances and plans for their future, including their desires about what they want us to [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Substance Use, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Great recession, Gun COntrol, Health care, John Paul Stevens, Opiod epidemic, Personal Assitants, Robot PCAs, Robots, second amandment

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

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