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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

What We’re Reading: April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

“All of this grief” – Prince Harry Opens up about Mental health, mother’s death |The Miami Herald In a recent interview and Podcast, Prince Harry opens up about how he is still dealing with the grief from the death of his mother Princess Diana, and how he has only recently begun therapy to address his [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA, ADA Lawsuits, aging, autism, code monkeys, coding, Coding Autism, Disabiltiy fashion, Doug Ducey, Facing Addiction, Grief and Grieving, Heroin addiction, Mental Health, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Diana, technology, vampres

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: April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging isn’t killing us, lack of sleep is |The New York Post In news that will come as no surprise to anyone over the age of 30, new research has found it gets harder to sleep as we get older. But it’s not young children, partners or weather sabotaging our precious rest, but biology, according [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible arena, accessible sports, aging, Cleveland Cavaliers, Congress, Equal Pay, Peter Singer, Social Security

What We’re Reading: April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

In 2017 Individuals with ID/DD (Still) Want Their Natural Freedom Thirty years after President Reagan first declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, how far have we come in ensuring the human and civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and how far do we still have to go? In recognition of [...]

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Filed Under: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Low Income, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible travel, aging, Aging LGBTQ Americans, aging parents, capital punishment, Cruise, Depression, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, EMTs, Grace and Frankie, Immigration, Jane fonda, LGBTQ, Lily Tomlin, rural issues, Sharon Lewis, Supreme court, WHO

What We’re Reading: March 27, 2017

March 27, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

NAB Response to H.R. 1628—American Health Care Act of 2017 Huntington Woods author to discuss her book about disability and inclusion Huntington Woods resident Janice Fialka is a speaker and activist who fights for inclusion for those who live with disabilities. Fialka is the mother of two adult children, daughter Emma and a son, Micah, [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADAPT, Capitol Hill Protests, Chance the Rapper, Huntington Woods, Janice Fialka, maternal depression

NAB Twitter Chat for Women’s History Month: March 15, 2017

March 16, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

On March 15, we held our first Twitter Chat! The topic for discussion was Women's History Month and participants offered great insights about the identity and roles of women as well as how to best promote allyship and positive engagement that supports everyone. You may see the high points of the conversation here and if [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Mental Health, News, Support Communities Tagged With: storify, Twitter, Twitter Chat, WHMChat, women with disabiliteis, Women's History Month

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: 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

What We’re Reading: Feb. 22, 2016

November 8, 2016 by Claudia Paoletto

The Columbus Dispatch: Suicides in nursing homes hard to track, prevent Suicides among older adults remain disturbingly high despite improved screening and treatment for depression. And although there is growing awareness about suicide, the one area in which it is less documented, not very well understood and much more hidden is in nursing homes, advocates [...]

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Filed Under: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Suicide

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