Americas: Publications and Resources

Summary: The "Disability News: United States and The Americas" section of Disabled World features a diverse collection of articles, research papers, and announcements addressing critical issues related to disabilities, seniors, and broader societal concerns focused on disability-related topics across North and South America. Topics include accessibility challenges in elections, the impact of gun violence on disability, systemic healthcare issues, and legislative updates like disability rights protections. These publications range from peer-reviewed studies and surveys to informative reports and opinion pieces, offering insights into public policy, healthcare trends, social justice, and community efforts. The content is valuable for its ability to inform readers about current challenges and advancements affecting people with disabilities, providing data-driven analysis, expert commentary, and updates on advocacy efforts that are useful for professionals, policymakers, and individuals seeking to stay informed.

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Americas: Publications and Resources (96 Items)
Title & Author	Ed	Publish Revised
Senators Oppose Removing Gender Dysphoria Disability Status - Senator Edward J. Markey	✓ ✓	2026/01/23
NYC's Opening Doors Challenge Seeks Accessibility Ideas - NYC Department of Buildings	✓ ✓	2025/09/15
UVA Partners in NIH Study to Identify Failures in Systems for People with Disabilities - University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science	✓ ✓	2024/11/04 2026/01/31
Accessibility Challenges for Voters with Disabilities in the 2024 Election - Elaine Morgan	✓	2024/10/26
U.S. Supreme Court's Credibility Plummets to Historic Low - Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania	✓	2024/10/02 2025/03/03
California Droughts Fuel Rising Valley Fever Case Surges - University of California - San Diego	✓ ✓	2024/09/03 2026/04/13
U.S. State Gun Laws Reduce Child Suicides but Have Limited Impact on Homicides - Duke University Medical Center	✓ ✓	2024/07/11 2025/02/17
Gun Violence Affects Nearly 60% of Black Americans and Predicts Disability - Rutgers University		2024/05/21 2025/02/17
Bill C-64: Rushed Pharmacare Proposal Endangers Seniors and Families - Bill VanGorder, Chief Policy and Education Officer Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)		2024/05/16
Majority of NYC Run Psychiatric Hospitals Deny Patients Any Outdoor Access - Disability Rights Advocates	✓	2024/05/09 2025/02/06
Infection Control Professional Calls for Action Before Next Pandemic - Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada)		2024/04/29
Gun Manufacturers Target Women in Advertising Efforts to Drive Sales - Oregon State University	✓ ✓	2024/03/13 2025/02/17
Reintroducing CVTA to Make Communication Tech Accessible for Americans with Disabilities - Sen. Markey, Rep. Eshoo		2023/07/25
Americans Falsely Denying Gun Ownership - Rutgers University	✓ ✓	2023/06/24 2025/02/17
Prohibiting Discrimination in Jury Service Based on Age and Disability - Senator Edward J. Markey		2023/03/31
Americans No Longer United by Threats from Common Enemy - University of California - Berkeley Haas		2022/12/03 2025/04/06
Senator Markey Calls for Biden Admin to Strengthen Protections for College and University Students with Disabilities - Senator Edward J. Markey		2022/11/30 2023/03/31
U.S. Deaths from Firearms Reach Unprecedented Levels - Emory Health Sciences	✓ ✓	2022/11/30 2025/02/17
Americans Most Likely to Share Covid-19 Fake Information - Simon Fraser University	✓ ✓	2022/11/08 2026/01/31
Corporate Vampires Suck Campaign Targets CVS Pharmacy - AIDS Healthcare Foundation	✓ ✓	2021/07/11 2026/02/27
2nd Round of Changes to Support Healthcare system During COVID-19 Pandemic - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)		2020/04/30 2023/09/14
Action to Support Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic - NJ Department of Human Services		2020/04/30 2021/08/23
Millions of Americans with Disabilities Cannot Get Food During Pandemic - RespectAbility		2020/04/11 2022/01/24
Disability Discrimination Complaint Filed Over COVID-19 Treatment Rationing Plan in Washington State - Alexandra Deas, Communications Coordinator, Disability Rights Washington : Kristin Wright, Senior Communications Manager, The Arc		2020/03/24 2021/08/23
Trump Seeks to Slash Social Security Benefits for Disabled - Arizona Democratic Party		2020/01/15 2023/09/28
ILCSC 43 Years of Independence - Awards Dinner a Big Success - Marcella Hernandez		2019/11/24 2023/10/05
JAR 914: Father Declares War on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Jim Raffone		2019/11/19
Disability Affects 74% of Likely U.S. Midterm Election Voters - RespectAbility		2018/10/08 2019/02/10
Morgan's Wonderland Outstanding Benefactors of Those With Special Needs - Ian C. Langtree		2018/06/08 2025/08/20
Disability Information and Statistics for Central America and Mexico - Ian C. Langtree		2017/12/23 2024/07/01
Urging Congress to Alter Federal Policies that Disadvantage People with Disabilities - National Council on Disability		2017/10/28 2018/03/15
Airport Security Experts, Disability Rights Advocates Call for Emergency Preparedness Training at Key Airports - SEIU Communications		2017/10/18 2017/10/19
State Revenue Declines Lead to Cuts in Child Medicaid Benefits and Education Spending - Rice University		2017/07/03 2023/09/21
Post-Election Anxiety Grips Americans, Especially Vulnerable Groups - Ian C. Langtree	✓ ✓	2017/04/20 2025/05/04
ASAN Condemns White House Autism Proclamation - Autistic Self Advocacy Network		2017/04/02
President Trump Signs Abraham Gun Rights Bill Into Law - Ralph Abraham, M.D.		2017/03/04 2023/12/11
Trump Issues Order to Reverse Federal Agency ACA Policies - National Hispanic Medical Association	✓ ✓	2017/01/24 2025/02/21
Pentagon Case May Mean Billions for Women, Minorities, and Veterans - American Small Business League		2016/12/12
U.S. Elections - Guide for American Voters with Disabilities - USAGov		2016/11/03 2018/03/15
White House Event Celebrates Hiring of 100,000 Federal Employees With Disabilities - The White House		2016/10/27 2023/10/10
Bridging the Economic Divide for Americans with Disability - National Disability Institute		2016/10/25 2023/10/07
Hillary Clinton Vows to Protect Rights of People with Disabilities - Hillary for America		2016/09/21 2023/03/17
High Intensity LED Street Lighting: Human and Environmental Effects - American Medical Association		2016/06/17 2022/06/04
Get Protected - Fake Emails From Social Security Scam - AARP Illinois		2016/02/09 2026/03/30
Call for U.S. Ziplining Safety Standards - Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP)		2016/01/14 2023/10/26
Executive Actions on Gun Violence Violates Civil Rights - National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery	✓ ✓	2016/01/10 2025/02/17
Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Communities Safer - The White House	✓ ✓	2016/01/05 2025/02/17
Wells Fargo 25th ADA Anniversary Events - Wells Fargo		2015/06/20 2021/08/16
Ending Lives of Disabled Infants by Denial of Health Care - Resign Now Peter Singer - Not Dead Yet		2015/06/09
10% of Americans in U.S. Want to Move Out - U.S. Census Bureau		2015/03/20 2020/09/30
Quadriplegic Teacher Faces Losing Career, Home, Independence - Helping Hearts Foundation Inc.		2014/12/31 2021/09/24
Persistent Barriers to Economic Success for Americans with Disabilities - Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions		2014/09/25 2020/12/17
Access for All Agenda for Americans with Disabilities - Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions		2014/09/24 2024/03/28
Statement of Solidarity with Victims of Police Violence in Ferguson - National Council on Disability	✓	2014/09/10 2025/02/06
Call for Ratification of Disability Treaty - U.S. International Council on Disabilities		2014/07/22 2021/06/19
Swift Ratification of Disability Treaty Urged After Supreme Court Decision - National Council on Disability		2014/06/09 2024/03/09
U.S. Ratification of the UN CRPD Urged by AAAS - Global Accessibility News		2014/05/02
Counterfeit Contraceptives: 28% of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Falsified or Substandard - Georgia Institute of Technology		2014/04/24 2021/07/30
Colombia Court Allows Forced Sterilization of Disabled - Sisters of Frida	✓ ✓	2014/03/21 2025/12/31
Implementing Medicaid Managed Care Without Harming Americans with Disabilities - National Council on Disability		2013/03/19 2021/05/12
Seniors Go Hunger Due to Cuts to US Food Stamp Program - Feeding America		2012/08/26 2021/08/08
Senate to Approve Ratification of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Thomas C. Weiss		2012/05/27 2024/03/09
Canada Strengthens Ties With Brazil - DW		2011/08/09 2017/12/23
U.S. Deaths Caused by Poverty, Low Education and Social Factors - Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health		2011/06/23 2023/04/17
U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Behind Healthiest Nations - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation	✓ ✓	2011/06/15 2025/02/23
Brazil's Health Care System Expands Coverage - New York University		2011/05/10 2017/12/23
Armadillos May Transmit Leprosy to Humans in US South - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)	✓ ✓	2011/04/28 2025/12/18
HHS Plan to Reduce Health Disparities Among Minorities - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	✓ ✓	2011/04/08 2026/01/25
High Welfare Use by US Immigrants - Center for Immigration Studies		2011/04/05
Creating Developmental Disabilities Policy - National Council on Disability		2011/02/19
Mobility Providers Ask White House to Address Gross Mismanagement of Mobility Benefit - American Association for Home-care		2011/02/10
Americans Financial Unpreparedness for Living Longer than Expected - Society of Actuaries		2011/01/05 2016/04/15
Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Rises to 84.3 Percent - BNY Mellon		2011/01/05
President Signs Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act - National Federation of the Blind		2011/01/05
Enable America Reaches New Heights in 2010 - Enable America		2010/12/17 2018/10/08
People with Disability Experience Double the Rate of Violent Crime - Bureau of Justice Statistics		2010/12/09
Is This the Wrong Time to be Disabled in America - Allan Checkoway Author, Getting Paid		2010/11/11 2013/06/13
Americans Less Healthy Than English - But Live as Long or Longer - RAND Corporation		2010/11/05 2016/09/23
Guarantee Women's Access to Health Care - Argentina - Human Rights Watch		2010/10/17 2017/12/23
American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall Behind Other Countries - Commonwealth Fund	✓ ✓	2010/10/07 2025/02/23
America, Land of Excessive Incarceration - Ian C. Langtree	✓	2010/08/22 2025/02/06
Harold Dow a CBS News Correspondent has Passed Away - Mavis Young		2010/08/22
Health Impact of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Hazardous but Improving - University of California - San Francisco		2010/08/16
Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair Users - Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation		2010/07/26
Family Reunited After Wrongful Seizure of Child - National Federation of the Blind		2010/07/22
Journey of Hope - Cycling Across the US for People with Disabilities - Journey of Hope		2010/07/22
Americans Believe Social Life Would Suffer More than Sex Life from Hearing Loss - HearUSA		2010/07/21
Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast Cancer - USA Disability News		2010/06/24 2015/02/16
Cleanlogic Adds Braille to Bottles of Body Wash and Lotion - IMS Trading, LLC		2010/06/17
OAS Participates in Opening of New POETA Center in Peru - Disability News Peru		2010/06/05 2017/12/23
Offset State Mental Health Crisis and End Disability Backlog - National Alliance on Mental Illness		2010/05/17
U.S. Disability and Veterans Parking Privileges - Thomas C. Weiss		2010/05/10 2019/07/22
Americans Live to Work But Don't Prepare for Illness - CIGNA		2010/04/30
City Agrees to Resolve Significant Accessibility Concerns with JATRAN - U.S. Department of Justice		2010/03/24 2024/08/01
Sports and Music Stars Drive 6,000 Miles for COPD - Ian C. Langtree	✓ ✓	2010/02/06 2025/02/25
The Arc Condemns Use of R-Word by White House Aide - The Arc		2010/01/28 2024/09/05

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