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Supporting Victims of the 2018 California Wildfires

November 18, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

The Camp, Woolsey and Hill wildfires have quickly devastated large parts of Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, leaving countless people without their homes and belongings in Southern California, in addition to creating poor air quality for our families and friends in the Northern part of the State. If you are in California, our friends [...]

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Filed Under: Blog, Events, Mental Health, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Wildfires, Mental Health America of California

What We’re Reading: November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

New Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less |NPR You've likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking. Compared with 1960, workers in the U.S. burn about 140 fewer calories, on average, per day due to our sedentary office jobs. And, while it's true that sitting for prolonged periods is bad [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, institutions, Japan, Medicaid, Obanacare, Paralympics, sedentary lifestyle, sterilization

What We’re Reading: November 5, 2018

November 5, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

5 questions answered about Ohio’s aging jail population | Daytona Daily News Can you be too old for jail? The aging prison population presents health care issues and other costly problems. News Center 7 investigates the concern for taxpayers and the proposal causing some controversy Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning at 5 p.m. There are more [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Activity, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: Aging in prison, All Saints Day, assistive technology, Atlas Obscura, Day of the Dead, Halloween, incarcerated with disabilities, Medicare for All, NDEAM, smart room, University of Kentucky

What We’re Reading: October 29, 2018

October 29, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging can be hard for those in the trans community | Washington Post Jess T. Dugan, a photographer, and Vanessa Fabbre, a social worker and assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, discovered their work had more in common than they realized. Dugan’s work focused on identity, gender and sexuality, specifically within the transgender [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Employment, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: access to care, Accessible gaming, aging and technology, asl, Breast Cancer, CDC, Climate change, Deaf Starbucks, Disability employment, Sandra Day O'Connor, Starbucks, Tans Aging

What We’re Reading: October 22, 2018

October 22, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Transgender could be Defined out of Existence under Trump Administration | New York Times The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves. The move would be the most significant of a series of maneuvers to exclude the population from [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible voting, Deaf President Now, Deaf Pride, disability at work, Disability employment, disability fashion, disability history, Disability in Indonesia, Gallaudet, inclusive fashion, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, NDEAM, Paralympic Gamers, parents with disabilties, Trans rights

What We’re Reading: October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How California's aging population is its greatest natural resource | LA Times The Oct. 7 article on California’s aging population focuses welcome attention on the needs of this fast-growing demographic. However, there is temptation to concentrate only on the negatives when there is another side to the story. Older Californians are valuable — our only [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible sports, African Americans, aging, Depression, Disability advocates, Disability in Africa, inclusive sports, Mental Health, midterm elections, older votiers, older workers, personal assistance, personal stories, research

What We’re Reading: October 8, 2018

October 8, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Disability in Africa: 'I'm no longer ashamed of my disabled daughter' | BBC News When Agnes Mutemi discovered that her first-born daughter Nambia was mentally ill at the age of two, her first reaction was to be ashamed. She remained in denial for several years until she found a school which specialised in caring for [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible sports, African Americans, Disability in Africa, disability sports, Older heealth care workes

What We’re Reading: October 1, 2018

October 1, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

The Most Damaging Way Movies Portray People With Disabilities | The Huffington Post When Alice Wong was growing up in 1980s Indiana, she “always felt like the odd person out.” She was one of just a few Asian-Americans in her school and the only student with physical disabilities. “In many ways, not seeing myself represented [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible travel, aging, Alice Wong, Alzheimer's Disease, David Renaud, dementia, disability discrimination, disability emergency preparedness, Disability employment, disability on television, Minorities with disabilities, Paralympians, Paralympics, paralyzed veterans, Social Security Disability, The Good Doctor, veterans with disabilities

What We’re Reading: September 24, 2018

September 24, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Drug cocktail could extend your life, killing cells related to aging | CNBC Dr. James Kirkland, Mayo Clinic's Center on Aging director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his new drug, research involving senolytic cells and how they combat age-related diseases. 4 Ways to Grow Your Business By Learning More About Disabilities | Forbes What do [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Suicide, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: African Americans and aging, aging Americans, aging drug coktail, Disability employment, disability fashion, Disability in South Africa, Domestic violence, fashion, inclusive fashion, opiod crisis, wheelchair

What We’re Reading: September 17, 2018

September 17, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. | The New York Times Vanessa Solivan and her three children fled their last place in June 2015, after a young man was shot and killed around the corner. They found a floor to sleep on in Vanessa’s parents’ home on North Clinton [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging, Arkansas, Arkansas Medicaid, Chicago, David Sinclair, Disability employment, Housing discrimination, OxyContin, Poverty

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