Competitive Integrated Employment: Working With a Disability
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Feds Announce New Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
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Why Are Doctors Failing to Treat People With Special Needs?
From difficulties securing transportation for medical appointments t
Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kit Shipment Program Ends; Blind, Low-Vision Users Can Continue to Request Accessible Kits
Beginning Friday, September 2, 2022, free at-home COVID-19
COVID-19 Relief Bill Makes ACA Even More Affordable, If Only Temporarily
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Cities Try to Make 911 a Safe Number to Call for Mental Health Emergencies
To protect and serve is a familiar police department mission statement, but when officers respond to mental crisis calls, too often they end up neither protecting nor serving. Nearly a quarter of thos
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Biden Administration Undoes Key Trump Regulations Affecting People with Disabilities
In its first three weeks in office, President Biden’s administration reversed a range of high-profile Trump Administration regulations that affected people with disabilities -- rules covering Medicaid, disability reviews, immigration and housing discrimination.
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Congress Eliminates SSDI Waiting Period for People with ALS
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Strategies for Bridging SSDI’s Medicare Waiting Period
Getting benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is a great relief to a person under age 65 who is unable to earn a living becaus
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Caregivers May be Eligible for Paid Sick Leave Under Coronavirus Response Act
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued regulations clarifying that people who have to take time off work to care for family members with disabilities may be eligible for the new paid sick leave protections enacted by Congress in the wake of the COVID-19 pandem
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