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What We’re Reading: May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021 by Claudia Paoletto

This week we recognize Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Older Americans Month, take a look at accessible gaming and tech design, and consider the best summer ever as POTUS encourages all Americans to get the vaccine, PLUS we say goodbye to Olympia Dukakis

Filed Under: News, What We're Reading Tagged With: AAPI, Accessible gaming, accessible vaccine experience, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Best Summer Ever, Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, COVID Vaccine, Gamers with disabilities, Mental Health, Microsoft, Olympia Dukakis, remote work, zoom face

What We’re Reading, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What we’re reading is our weekly round up of news articles and events that were important to us. Catch up on the latest on aging, LTSS and disability!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Self-Directed Services, Social Activity, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: Accessible gaming, accessible parks, autism, Autistic kids, Chair Chats, Doris Day, e-scooters, Education, George Washington University, guide dogs, Long Term Care, Older Americans Month, parents with disabilities, school shootings, Sesame Street

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: June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Older Americans Among "The Unseen" In The Opioid Epidemic | The Fix Opioid misuse nearly doubled for Americans older than 50 over a 12-year span. The focus of the opioid crisis tends to be on younger generations. But this could be problematic, as, according to the Washington Post, older generations are increasingly at risk to [...]

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Filed Under: Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible design, Accessible gaming, aging, Aging LGBTQ Americans, disability in prison, disability in the arts, LGBTQ Aging, opioid addiction

What We’re Reading: February 5, 2018

February 5, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Teaching People With Intellectual Disabilities How To Protect Themselves From Assault | Spokane Public Radio Earlier this month, NPR aired a series of stories detailing sexual harassment of people with intellectual disabilities. The network told stories about caregivers and others in positions of authority who raped women. The Arc of Spokane operates a program that [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Election Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Social Security, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: abortion, Accessible gaming, accessible medicaiton, accessible ride share, accessible taxis, accommodations, Amazon Health care, artists with disabiliteis, Bexos, California mudslides, disability in Gaza, Disabiltiy fashion, FCC, HndsOff, Maureen Black, Medicaid, Paraclimbing, prescription drug reading devices, Ribert Reich, Sexual assault, voters with disabilites, voting, working too long

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