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The latest news and blog posts highlighting policy, advocacy, issues, innovations, and lived experiences in aging and disability.
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What We’re Reading: March 29, 2021
AARP Vital Voices: The Impact of COVID-19 in the African American Community | AARP As America struggles to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, educating at-risk communities, especially African Americans 45-plus, about the safety of vaccines is essential to tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
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What We’re Reading: March 22, 2021
How Massachusetts can become a living laboratory for aging | Boston Globe Let’s measure what’s going on in cities and towns so we can identify how a community’s aging circumstances change over time.
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What We’re Reading: March 15, 2021
How COVID-19 is affecting aging and retirement today and into the future | Los Angeles Daily News Now that we see some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, it seems timely to step back and take a look at how the pandemic is affecting aging and retirement today and in the future.
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What We’re Reading: March 8, 2021
International Women’s Day Challenge: Choose To Be Disability Inclusive | Forbes Every year in March we mark International Women’s Day, a day for celebrating women but also for highlighting the struggles and inequalities that still exist for women around the globe.
Policy & Advocacy
Accessible Transportation & Rural Communities
Kyle Kleist and Billy Altom walk us through some of the issues and barriers to accessible transportation as well as some of the methods to make transport accessible to all.
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What We’re Reading: March 1, 2021
Disability Day of Mourning Every year on March 1st, the disability community gathers across the nation to remember disabled victims of filicide–disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers.
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What We’re Reading: February 22, 2021
People with multiple mental disorders may age several years faster, study finds | CNN Health People with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging faster — until now.
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What We’re Reading: February 15, 2021
Reflections on the National Anthem What Does Your Country’s National Anthem Mean to You?
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Reset AllA modernized healthcare infrastructure is crucial to preserving independence for people with disabilities and older adults.
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