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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
What We’re Reading: “Advancing Self-Sufficiency for Medicaid Beneficiaries”
As states move forward with multiple strategies to support community living for all individuals with disabilities and to promote the principles of person-centered planning, these additional tools and strategies provide complimentary opportunities to accelerate the achievement of inclusive outcomes.
Other
The Most Innovative Initiatives Start with Relationships
The most innovative projects in the country to support people with disabilities actually arise from common sense.
Aging
There Are Faces I Remember
Lillie Brannon, an 80-year old former cotton picker in Arkansas, tells of how she escaped from a nursing home four times.
Employment & Workforce
Part II - Beyond NDEAM: Employment and People with Disabilities as a National Priority
Lisa Mills is a 26-year disability advocate, employment subject matter expert, a former Public Policy Chair for TASH, a former Ruderman Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor for the Coalition to Promote Self-Determination.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: “Creating Livable Communities”
Creating Livable Communities presents six strategies or policy levers, gleaned from the two previous research reports, that can be implemented on the federal and local levels to promote collaboration and coordination and support livable community objectives.
Aging
Setting the Strategic Table: 4 Priorities for the Conference on Aging and the Decade to Come
Convened each decade since the 1960s, the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) is the leading forum for identifying and advancing actions to improve the quality of life for older Americans.
Other
The Grand Insight of We: Participation is Vital Because It Involves Others
Participation is more than simply engaging in a life activity.
Aging
Wrap-up, Response to the 2015 White House Conference on Aging
“We have to ensure that every older American has the resources and the support they need to strive.” President Barack Obama, July 13 Dr.
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