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What We’re Reading: April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

“All of this grief” – Prince Harry Opens up about Mental health, mother’s death |The Miami Herald In a recent interview and Podcast, Prince Harry opens up about how he is still dealing with the grief from the death of his mother Princess Diana, and how he has only recently begun therapy to address his [...]

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Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Court Cases, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Mental Health, News, Substance Use, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA, ADA Lawsuits, aging, autism, code monkeys, coding, Coding Autism, Disabiltiy fashion, Doug Ducey, Facing Addiction, Grief and Grieving, Heroin addiction, Mental Health, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Diana, technology, vampres

What We’re Reading: April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Aging isn’t killing us, lack of sleep is |The New York Post In news that will come as no surprise to anyone over the age of 30, new research has found it gets harder to sleep as we get older. But it’s not young children, partners or weather sabotaging our precious rest, but biology, according [...]

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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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What We’re Reading: March 6, 2017

March 6, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

Most 'anti-aging' remedies are bogus, but here's what you should know about aging from 20s to your 60s | Business Insider It's generally accepted that with each decade of our lives comes a new visible marker of age. To combat these tell-tale signs, dozens of "anti-aging" products and routines are marketed at people (mostly women) [...]

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