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Employment & Workforce
Part I - 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 (CPSD).
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Looking Back and Forward – The ADA’s Legacy for the Next Generation
The landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law in 1990, turns 25 this year.
Mental Health
Medicare & Medicaid
Benefits of Medicaid Expansion for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
On March 28, 2016 the Department of Health and Human Services published a brief on the benefits of Medicaid expansion for mental health and substance use disorder drafted by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
Policy & Advocacy
Get Involved in Developmental Disabilities Awareness – This Month and All Year Long
Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte is a 30-plus-year south Florida disability advocate and former chair of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, but she prefers to be known as Lucy’s mom.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
25 Years after the Vision, Fulfilling the Americans with Disabilities Act’s Promise
Hailed as the Bill of Rights for people with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has fulfilled much of its promise since its enactment 25 years ago.
Mental Health
Converging Paths, Equal Ground: The Promise of Mental Health Parity
Physical and mental health services have long been unequal, both in the delivery of care and in the public conversation.
Employment & Workforce
5 Reasons Hiring People with Disabilities is Good for Business – And the Rest of Us
Hiring people with disabilities doesn’t just allow businesses to tap into a huge and talented workforce; it improves culture, benefits the bottom line, is responsive to government guidelines, and is easier than ever – with new technologies, public-private partnerships, and new ways of doing business coming together to build inclusive workplaces.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Medicare & Medicaid
Social Security
Happy Anniversary, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ADA and the ACA!
Americans love anniversaries, whether it is the birth of our nation on July 4, our parents’ 50th, Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
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Reset AllA modernized healthcare infrastructure is crucial to preserving independence for people with disabilities and older adults.
The National Advisory Board believes that the modernized healthcare infrastructure required to meet the goals, preferences, and needs of older adults and individuals with disabilities must include the Six Principles. Please join with us in promoting and furthering them.