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What We’re Reading: September 28, 2020

September 28, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

This week we look at the perils of voting when you are a person with a disability, consider the needs of caregivers and accessibility for people who are Deaf/HOH in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: COVID-19/Coronavirus, Election Issues, News, What We're Reading Tagged With: AAPD, accessibility, accessible voting, Deaf/HOH, Disability and COVID-19, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What We’re Reading: January 27, 2020

January 27, 2020 by Claudia Paoletto

Crip Camp kills at Sundance, The Hill Highlights states that are doing disability employment right, and the NYPD hires an officer whose first language is ASL, and the Grammys — as the Nation mourns Kobe Bryant – in this week’s What We’re Reading. .

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Employment, Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: adaptive sports, aging and technology, asl, AUCD, Colorado, Crip Camp, Deaf/HOH, Disability employment, disabiltiy employment, helath portals, Hockey, IDS, Law Enforcement, Martha's Vinyard, Police with disabilities, sartphons, Sundance Film Festival, Virginia

What We’re Reading, March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

A Note From Your Hearing-Impaired Colleagues: Just Use a Microphone Already | Chronicle of Philanthropy Dear colleague: Today at the faculty meeting, I really wanted to tell you something: "It’s not about you." When you were offered the microphone to make your comments, you said, "No thanks, I’m good." But it’s not about how you [...]

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Filed Under: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Issues, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, News, Support Communities, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: #AbledsAreWeird, accessible text, accessible transportation, anti aging, Deaf/HOH, disability photos, Down Syndrome, Imani Barbarin, Medical marijuana, menopause, Quoran, R-Word

What We’re Reading: November 19, 2018

November 19, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

County preparing for aging populace | Journal Gazette Boosted by today's lower birth rates, longer lifespans and aging baby boomers, the group that makes up the nation's oldest citizens is growing rapidly. By the 2030s, people 65 and older are expected to outnumber those under age 18 for the first time in U.S. history, the [...]

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Filed Under: Employment, Health Insurance, Hospice, Housing, Mental Health, News, Uncategorized, What We're Reading Tagged With: accessible fashion, aging, Cooley law School, Deaf/HOH, disability fashion, disability in entertainment, disability in the UK, Disabiltiy in Japan, Education, Health care, Immigration, Law School, Margaritaville, Purple Day, retirement communities, Shopping with disabilites, Straw ban

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