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What We’re Reading: July 12, 2021

July 12, 2021 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Accessible elections, Is telework making government employment a better option for #pwds, AND Emily Ladau discusses Disability Pride month, PLUS how far the airline industry REALLY has to go to support people with disabilities in what We’re Reading!

Filed Under: News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible air travel, accessible elections, aging parents, allyship, Alzheimer's Disease, Disability Pride Month, Emily Ladau, Goalnall, Juvenile, Long Haul COVID, Paralympic Gamers, Vax that thang up

What We’re Reading: August 17, 2020

August 17, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week: Retires debate Alzheimer’s vs COVID-19, 10,000 Americans die waiting for SSDI hearings AND how the Biden Disability Plan could close the Equal Pay loophole PLUS Michelle Obama opens up about depression and menopause all in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), COVID-19/Coronavirus, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, What We're Reading Tagged With: ADA, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Biden, COVID-19, disability stereotypes, Endemic violence, Equal Pay, high blood pressure, Long Term Care, menopause, Michelle Obama, Raja Abdullah Almasabi, SSDI, structural racism, Telemedicine

What We’re Reading: December 16, 2019

December 16, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Inclusion is front and center in a classic holiday story, new technologies to manage medical data and fight Alzheimer’s disease and Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang releases his disability plan in this week’s edition of What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: A Christmas Carol, aeism, Alzheimer's Disease, Andrew Yang, Blockchain, Cerebral Palsy, drug prices, EARN, Id/DD, Mental Health, ODEP, retirement, self-Identification, South Carolina, Tiny TIm, Work Requirments

What We’re Reading: June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

What does it mean when you break barriers to win an award, but there is no means for you to get onstage. disability advocates have bittersweet feelings about Ali Stroker’s Tony win.

Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Events, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Legislation & Policy, News, Social Activity, Technology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: 19th Amendment, 2019 Tony Awards, Accessible Pride, Ali Stroker, ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Andy Arias, Bushwick Bill, CDC, Disability Rights California, falls, Geto Boys, Liz Weintraub, Pfizer, pnemonia vacine, school shootings, Section 14c, students with disabilities, subminimum wage, Suffrage, women's movement

What We’re Reading, May 6, 2019

May 10, 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, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Housing, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Social Security, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible housing, Alzheimer's Disease, Assisted Living, athletes with disabilites, Black Health, Cisco, Daryl Chill Mitchell, Disability Film Challenge, Easterseals, Intuit, John Singleton, Matthew Wangerman, measles, My Dad Matthew, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, retirement, RJ Mitte, Social Security Administration, wheelchair boxing

What We’re Reading: March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Bankrupt vets can lose their disability benefits. This new effort would protect them. | Military Times Two senators just introduced a bill designed to shield veterans’ disability benefits from debt collectors. When a disabled vet declares bankruptcy currently, the law allows debtors to count a veteran’s disability benefits as disposable income, allowing them to seize [...]

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Filed Under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Alzheimers & Dementia, Disability Issues, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: aging parents, Alzheimer's Disease, anti-vaxers, autism, dementia, DREDF, Drew Barrymore, electric scooters, Health care, measles, vaccines and autism, veterans with disabilities

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: February 25, 2019

February 25, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

The Alarming Future For An Aging Workforce | Forbes When the late Dr. Robert N. Butler coined the term ageism in 1968, he intended to raise awareness of the blatant denigration of the aging population. Butler, the first to publicize age-related stereotyping, focused his life on changing negative perceptions society levied against an aging cohort. [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Mental Health, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessibility, aging, aging workdorces, Alzheimer's Disease, anti-vaxxers, autism, Mental Health, Rubella, Sacramento, U. S. Census Bureau

What We’re Reading January 21, 2019

January 21, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

Image of Martin Luther King, Jr. Today on January 21 we observe the legacy ad memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many of us will take this time to reflect on the mission of inclusion for which Dr. King gave the ultimate sacrifice for many Americans to even have a concept of this level [...]

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Filed Under: Alzheimers & Dementia, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Diversity, Health Insurance, Legislation & Policy, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Nursing Homes, Social Activity, Social Security, Substance Use, Technology, Transportation, What We're Reading Tagged With: 2020 Candidates, aging parents, Alzheimer's Disease, Baby Boomers, Biology of Aging, Disability Inclusion in the workplace, Elder Care in Japan, Elderspeak, Flue Shots, Low Vision, MLK, Rob Lowe

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

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