Welcome to a new decade! A Deaf/Blind advocate talks about her experiences at Harvard, connections between depression, mental health and poverty and a Presidential candidate releases a disability plan all in the first What We’re Reading of 2020!
What We’re Reading: September 23, 2019
This week we recognized National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness day, Hispanic Heritage month and Falls Prevention Awareness Day all in What We’re Reading!
What We’re Reading: July 1, 2019
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!
What We’re Reading, April 22, 2019
Happy Earth Day! As we consider ways to make a better environment for us and for future generations, also catch up on the latest news articles and events on aging, LTSS and disability!
What We’re Reading: October 15, 2018
How California's aging population is its greatest natural resource | LA Times The Oct. 7 article on California’s aging population focuses welcome attention on the needs of this fast-growing demographic. However, there is temptation to concentrate only on the negatives when there is another side to the story. Older Californians are valuable — our only [...]
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What We’re Reading: July 3, 2017
International Reflections on Disability Inclusion – Where are the Neurodiverse? So on Tuesday 20th June I had the pleasure of being invited by Ruh Global to the Global Business Disability Network meeting, with the International Labor Organisation and the United States Council for International Business. The meeting was attended by a series of inspirational speakers, [...]
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What We’re Reading: April 3, 2017
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: Feb 27, 2017
How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ visionary, channels mental illness into art |The Washington Post Don’t ask Yayoi Kusama what’s been the highlight of her career. She might be 87 years old, internationally renowned and about to have major, simultaneous exhibitions in the United States and Japan, but she’s not done yet. Kusama, who has [...]
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