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What We’re Reading, April 29, 2019

April 29, 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: Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Suicide, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: 2020 Olympic games, accessible skiing, accessible testing, accessible travel, aging, aging in Japan, aging patents, Dialysis, Disability in Japan, discrimination in elementary school, farmers and mental health, Joe Biden, Older Americans Month, Paralympics, SECURE Act, Special (netflix show)

What We’re Reading: April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

It’s Rex Manning Day! Since we mustn’t dwell on today (of all days) get caught up on the news and articles on disability and aging that interested us last week.

Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Developmental Disabilities, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: AARP, ACA, accessible travel, Assisted Living, Blind Runner, Cillian Jackson, disability design, disability hierarchy, Ed Roberts, Marijuana, retirement, Ryan O'Connell, San Antonio Spurs, Special, Special Olympics, Tammy Duckworth, Violence against older americans, World Autism Awareness Day

What We’re Reading, March 18, 2019

March 18, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake | CNET When Seiichi Miyake found out a close friend was losing the ability to see clearly, he wanted to help. That desire led to an entirely new way for the visually impaired to navigate big cities, railways and parks. In 1965, Miyake invented the tactile [...]

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Filed Under: Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Activity, Technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible travel, College Admissions Scandal, Damage Data by airlines, Google, Google Doodle, HIV, National Nutrition Month, older americans, Seiichi Miyake, wheelchair

What We’re Reading: March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

March 1, 2019 Disability Day of Mourning 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. This year disability activists, advocates and allies joined again to recognize those lost, as well as reaffirm the fight to value and respect the [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Mental Health, National Day of Dialog, News, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible care, accessible travel, Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, Carrie Ann Lucas, DDoM2019, Deaf patients, Disability Day of Mourning, disability in Ethiopia, Disability in Singapore, Filicide, Grey Divorce, Mike Oliver, MooVita, Nixon, self driving cars, Selma Blair, Social Model of Disability, subminimum wage

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: March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

How architecture can create dignity for all | Ted.com Link directly to the article and transcript above or watch the video below If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of a more serious issue, Cary says: [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Social Activity, Support Communities, What We're Reading Tagged With: 3-D Scanners, accessible homes, accessible travel, African Americans, aging brains, aging parents, architecture, capital punishment, dementia, elderly rights, falls, Heart disease, HR 620, Independent Living, India, John Cary, living at home, Medicaid, Paralympics, retirement, retirement crisis, schools, silent disability

What We’re Reading: April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

In 2017 Individuals with ID/DD (Still) Want Their Natural Freedom Thirty years after President Reagan first declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, how far have we come in ensuring the human and civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and how far do we still have to go? In recognition of [...]

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