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What We’re Reading November 13, 2017

November 13, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

How Fast Are You Aging? Checking Your Biological Clock | The Huffington Post Although the idea of aging evokes thoughts of the elderly, aging occurs in every stage of life, mysteriously transforming newborns into nanas. Surprisingly, for a universal biological process, the study of aging remains a field in its youth. Why does a queen [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Substance Use, Suicide, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: 504 [protests, adiciton and recovery, aging, aging parents, agng inmantes, chronic conditions, disabiltiy activism, EEOC, Gaelynn Lynn, Gail Boudreaux, incarcerated with disabiltieis, Jeremy the Dud, Joseph Swedish, KGBT Youth, LGBT elders, Long Term Care, LTQA, sex and aging, shingles vaccine, SUD, the Arc Annual COnvernion

What We’re Reading October 23, 2017

October 23, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

For many older Americans, the rat race is over. But the inequality isn’t.| Washington Post While the rat race ends with retirement, one of its principal features extends well past a person's last day of work. Income inequality in the United States spills over from the job into the last decades of life, according to [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Social Security, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: anti aging, disability discrimination, disabiloity emergency preparedness, disabiltiy employment, disabled in prison, incarceration, older americans

What We’re Reading October 9, 2017

October 9, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Older Adults More Likely to Disclose Suicidal Thoughts As They Age | UT News Suicide among older adults is a growing public health issue. Conditions associated with aging such as chronic pain, diagnosed or perceived terminal illness, social isolation and the death of friends and family can push older Americans toward ending their lives. A [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Employment, Events, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Substance Use, Suicide, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible transportation, aging alone, Best adn Worst Cities for people with disabilties, Inclusion Drives Innovation, MAT, Medicaid Assisted strategies, NDEAM, nursing homes, ODEP, opioid addiction, public health, U.S. Department of Labor

What We’re Reading: October 2, 2017

October 2, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Study Shows that Puzzle Pieces Evoke Negativity from the Public | Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism They’re everywhere. On the lapels of NCAA basketball coaches during the Final Four. On a FOX reporter’s bowtie during the World Series. On bumper stickers, backpacks, bracelets, beer koozies, tote bags, and the background of a prime-time soap opera. [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Events, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, American Lung Association, autism, CHRONIC, Graham-Cassidy, healthcare, HHS, Hugh Hefner, National Disability Awareness Month, NDEAM, Next Avenue, Playboy, sleep, Tom Price

What We’re Reading: September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Statements on Graham-Cassidy Proposed Legislation Joint statement from American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals, America’s Health Insurance Plans, and the BlueCross BlueShield Association regarding the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson legislation. America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) National Association of Medicaid Directors AARP Want More Americans to Work? Give Them Medicaid.| [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Issue Spotlight, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Social Security, Technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, autism, dementia, Falls prevention awareness day, Independent Living, Police and disability

What We’re Reading: September 18, 2017

September 18, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

National Suicide Prevention Week https://afsp.org/campaigns/national-suicide-prevention-week-2017/     https://youtu.be/hg_vurAHaUc Disability backlog tops 1 million; thousands die on waitlist | ABC News More than 1 million Americans await a hearing to see whether they qualify for disability benefits from Social Security, with the average wait nearly two years — longer than some of them will live. All [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Events, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, aging and advertising, children with disabiltieis, disability and social media, Disability backlog, driverless cars, grandparents, HR 620, Immigration, instrgram, Kansas, Missouri, older workers, worker shortage

What We’re Reading: September 11, 2017

September 11, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Remembering 9/11 What Older Americans Stand to Lose if ‘Dreamers’ Are Deported | The New York Times When the Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would end an Obama-era program that shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation, Sherwin Sheik quickly sized up the potential toll on his business. Mr. Sheik is the chief executive [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: Aging in Place, DACA, DEI, dementia, gaming, Haring aids, hidden disabilites, Immigration, invisible disabilites, learning disabilities, Medicare, USBLN, Whirlpool

What We’re Reading: August 14, 2017

August 14, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Disability Organizations Issue Statements in Solidarity with Charlottesville | Anita Cameron ADAPT - http://adapt.org/adapts-statement-condemning-racist-violence-in-charlottesville-va/ Disabled Queers In Action - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156302440823265&id=656378264 DREDF Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155611962904099&id=55171084098 Not Dead Yet - http://notdeadyet.org/2017/08/not-dead-yet-statement-condemning-racist-violence-in-charlottesville-va.html Access Living - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155423475632597&id=91612517596 Center for Disability Rights CDR - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155274726592550&id=13882767549 Colorado Cross Disabilities Coalition CCDC - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1071529202982443&id=100003761201357 Partnership for Inclusive [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Issue Spotlight, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Security, Substance Use, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: Alt-right, autism, Baby Boomers, Charlottesville, Confederate statue, Disability Pride, Disabiltiy fashion, HIV, KKK, Law Enforcement, neo nazis, non binary, protest, Robert E. Lee Statue, Yoga

What We’re Reading: August 7, 2017

August 7, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Bernie Sanders pushes universal health plan in wake of Republican repeal failure | the Guardian US Bernie Sanders has spent the first months of the new Congress defending Barack Obama’s health reforms as Republicans vowed to repeal them. But after the GOP’s seven-year drive to eliminate the Affordable Care Act collapsed on the Senate floor [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, DIA, disability awareness, Disability in Egypt, Disability in Estonia, Disability in Japan, Disability Integration Act, Game of Thrones, hidden disbailties, HRC, inclusion, Ms. Teen USA, National Survey of Older Americans, opioid crisis, Rob Reiner

What We’re Reading: July 31, 2017

July 31, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

ADA: Pathway to the Future | Lex Frieden Each year, around the anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), I am asked by the press and others: “Exactly what has the ADA Hundreds gather on the South Lawn of the White House on July 25, 1990, to hear President George H.W. [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Diversity, Events, Issue Spotlight, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: amputees, ariports, bipolar disorder, CPr training, Disability at college, Disability in Australia, Disability in South Africa, Disability in the Philippines, Disability Pride in Buffalo, disabiltiy in China, intersectionality, Obamacare, Transgender issues, USBLN, Wake Forest

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