Disability News: United States and Americas Document List

List of USA - Americas Publications:

• Corporate Vampires Suck Ads

  U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up class action suit filed by HIV patients who claim CVS Caremark's policy requiring them to obtain medications via mail or drop shipment is discriminatory under Affordable Care Act.

• 2nd Round of Changes to Support Healthcare system During COVID-19 Pandemic

  President Trump administration issues second round of sweeping changes to support U.S. healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemic.

• Action to Support Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  $24 Million in temporary wage increases for direct support professionals in group homes and supervised apartments; new guidance for hospitals on families and loved ones.

• Millions of Americans with Disabilities Cannot Get Food During Pandemic

  Many disabled are vulnerable to COVID-19 because of health conditions, people who are blind and those who use wheelchairs are finding it impossible to maintain social distance.

• Disability Discrimination Complaint Filed Over COVID-19 Treatment Rationing Plan in Washington State

  Health care professionals in US developing protocols including COVID-19 treatment rationing that will determine who will and will not have access to life-saving treatment.

• Trump Seeks to Slash Social Security Benefits for Disabled

  Under proposed change the U.S. government would look more closely at whether certain disability insurance recipients still qualify as disabled after they have already been awarded benefits.

• ILCSC 43 Years of Independence - Awards Dinner a Big Success

  Supporters joined in the celebration at Encino Banquet and Garden in Tarzana, to share in the presentations of this year’s ILCSC Awards.

• JAR 914: Father Declares War on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

  New Jersey dad declares war on son's incurable disease - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. JAR of Hope nonprofit funds start of medical infusions to slow rare disease that effects 20,000 in U.S..

• Disability Affects 74% of Likely U.S. Midterm Election Voters

  Candidates for office ignore the disability community at their peril as 74% of likely voters have a disability or have a family member or friend with disabilities.

• Morgan's Wonderland Seeks Nominations for Outstanding Benefactors of Those With Special Needs

  2018 nominations deadline for Morgan's Wonderland Wall of Fame, which honors individuals from coast to coast who have distinguished themselves in doing great things for people with special needs.

• Disability Information and Statistics for Central America and Mexico

  Disability information and statistics for Mexico and the seven countries that make up Central America.

• Urging Congress to Alter Federal Policies that Disadvantage People with Disabilities

  National Council on Disability recommends decoupling eligibility for cash and health benefits; amending small business act to benefit business owners with disabilities.

• Airport Security Experts, Disability Rights Advocates Call for Emergency Preparedness Training at Key Airports

  New report finds less than half of passenger service workers surveyed at DEN trained in emergency response and evacuation and UC Berkeley study shows livable wages improve airport security by keeping experienced workers on the job.

• State Revenue Declines Lead to Cuts in Child Medicaid Benefits and Education Spending

  Combined cuts to Medicaid and education suggest that spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly.

• Majority of Americans Still Suffer From Trump Election Results Anxiety

  New study shows majority of Americans still suffer from election results anxiety as president Trumps's 100th day draws near.

• ASAN Condemns White House Autism Proclamation

  Autistic Self Advocacy Network condemns Presidents World Autism Awareness Day proclamation, and announcement that the White House will be participating in Light It Up Blue campaign.

• President Trump Signs Abraham Gun Rights Bill Into Law

  The bill repeals a rule from the Obama administration that stripped Second Amendment rights from certain disabled Social Security beneficiaries.

• Trump Issues Executive Order to Reverse Federal Agency ACA Policies

  President Trump signs executive order instructing federal agencies to decrease economic burden of policies and regulations that impact constituencies of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

• Pentagon Case May Mean Billions for Women, Minorities, and Veterans

  Benefits of winning ASBL case against Pentagon would be prodigious for women, minority, and service disabled veteran owned small businesses as they are currently only receiving fraction of contracts they are legally entitled to.

• U.S. Elections - Guide for American Voters with Disabilities

  Learn how you or a loved one with a disability can prepare for Election Day with this guide from USAGov.

• White House Event Celebrates Hiring of 100,000 Federal Employees With Disabilities

  White House celebration marks fulfillment of President Barack Obama goal to hire 100,000 people with disabilities into the federal government.

• Bridging the Economic Divide for Americans with Disability

  Summit addressed financial knowledge and skill gaps of Americans with disabilities and barriers that prevent their full participation in the economic mainstream.

• Hillary Clinton Vows to Protect Rights of People with Disabilities

  Hillary Clinton outlines her vision for an Inclusive Economy in the latest in her Stronger Together series of speeches.

• High Intensity LED Street Lighting: Human and Environmental Effects

  AMA adopts community guidance to reduce the harmful human and environmental effects of high intensity street lighting.

• Get Protected - Fake Emails From Social Security Scam

  The scam comes in an email seeming to be sent from the Social Security Administration with the subject line Get Protected.

• Call for U.S. Ziplining Safety Standards

  As popularity of ziplining grows so do related injuries so researchers call for adoption of uniform safety standards across America.

• Executive Actions on Gun Violence Violates Civil Rights

  Executive actions on gun control falsely link mental health conditions and gun violence, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violate civil rights.

• Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Communities Safer

  U.S. White House press release regarding actions to reduce gun violence and make American communities safer.

• Wells Fargo 25th ADA Anniversary Events

  Wells Fargo & Company announce celebration of 25th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act with events across the U.S.A..

• Ending Lives of Disabled Infants by Denial of Health Care - Resign Now Peter Singer

  Disability activists urge Princeton University to denounce Professor Peter Singer comments, and call for his resignation.

• 10% of Americans in U.S. Want to Move Out

  Nearly 10% of residents dissatisfied with current housing, neighborhood, local safety or public services to the point they want to move.

• Quadriplegic Teacher Faces Losing Career, Home, Independence

  The Oakmont High School teacher lost everything she has worked for including her livelihood, her independence, and her ability to teach and make a difference in the lives of her students.

• Persistent Barriers to Economic Success for Americans with Disabilities

  Senator Tom Harkin unveiled a report that he instructed his staff to investigate barriers that people with disabilities face as they seek to rise out of poverty and enter the middle class.

• Access for All: Agenda for Americans with Disabilities - 3 New Bills

  Senator Tom Harkin introduces 3 bills as part of Access for All agenda for Americans with Disabilities.

• Statement of Solidarity with Victims of Police Violence in Ferguson

  NCD joins the legion of civil rights and civic organizations to call for greater justice and accountability.

• Call for Ratification of Disability Treaty

  Senate Foreign Relations Committee takes crucial final step toward ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• Swift Ratification of Disability Treaty Urged After Supreme Court Decision

  National Council on Disability urges swift ratification of the Disability Treaty after recent Supreme Court Decision.

• U.S. Ratification of the UN CRPD Urged by AAAS

  AAAS Board of Directors strongly urges United States to become a party to United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• Counterfeit Contraceptives: 28% of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Falsified or Substandard

  Survey of emergency contraceptive pills in Peru found that 28 percent of batches studied either substandard quality or falsified .

• Saying No to Sterilization of Disabled Children in Columbia

  Organizations reject decision of Colombian Constitutional Court allowing for sterilization of minors with disabilities without their consent.

• Implementing Medicaid Managed Care Without Harming Americans with Disabilities

  NCD outlines principles to guide design and implementation of managed care services for Americans with disabilities.

• Seniors Go Hunger Due to Cuts to US Food Stamp Program

  Feeding America warns that pending cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) will put many of our nation's seniors at risk of hunger.

• Senate to Approve Ratification of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  U.S. International Council on Disabilities effort to get the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified in America.

• 2012 Cost of Living Adjustment for Veterans and Beneficiaries

  Cost of living adjustments apply to disability and death pension recipients survivors receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation disabled Veterans receiving automobile and clothing allowances and other benefits.

• Canada Strengthens Ties With Brazil

  Agreement on Social Security between Canada and Brazil will coordinate pension benefits and provide retirement disability and survivor benefits to eligible Canadians and Brazilians.

• US Deaths Caused by Poverty, Low Education and Other Social Factors

  A new study on US death rates finds that the numbers are in the same range as deaths from heart attacks and stroke.

• U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Behind Healthiest Nations

  More than 80% of US counties fell in standing against the average of the 10 nations with the best life expectancies in the world.

• New Board Members Confirmed - National Council on Disability

  The National Council on Disability introduces two new board members nominated by President Barack Obama.

• Brazil's Health Care System Expands Coverage

  Brazil has vastly expanded health care coverage improved the populations health and reduced many health inequalities but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive.

• Leprosy in US May be Transmitted by Armadillos

  Study on leprosy bacteria reports that armadillos may be a source of infection in the Southern United States.

• No More Government Benefit Checks

  New applicants for government benefits from Social Security to disability payments will no longer be able to get payment in the form of paper checks.

• HHS Plan to Reduce Health Disparities

  National Partnership for Action launches strategy to strengthen and expand community-led efforts to achieve health equity.

• High Welfare Use by US Immigrants

  Data show the share of immigrant-headed households legal and illegal with children using at least one welfare program continues to be very high.

• Creating Developmental Disabilities Policy

  Developmental Disabilities Act Revisited recommends Congress change to develop a more uniform national policy that will support goals of Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.

• Mobility Providers Ask White House to Address Gross Mismanagement of Mobility Benefit

  Attention must be focused on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services supervision of the Medicare power mobility benefit.

• Americans Financial Unpreparedness for Living Longer than Expected

  Nearly Half of Americans Ages 45 to 70 Have No Plans to Protect Themselves Against Outliving Assets or the Rising Cost of Healthcare in Later Life.

• Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Rises to 84.3 Percent

  Funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan 3.8 percentage points higher to 84.3 percent.

• President Signs Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act

  Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act law will protect the blind and other pedestrians from injury as a result of silent vehicle technology.

• Enable America Reaches New Heights in 2010

  Enable America launched more new programs and services assisting people with disabilities than in any previous year.

• People with Disability Experience Double the Rate of Violent Crime

  Nearly 730,000 nonfatal violent crimes and about 1.8 million property crimes were experienced by people age 12 or older with a disability.

• Is This the Wrong Time to be Disabled in America

  The increasing incidence of disability in recent years has increased the need for quality Disability Income protection even more.

• Americans Less Healthy Than English - But Live as Long or Longer

  Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts but they live as long or even longer than their English peers.

• Guarantee Women's Access to Health Care - Argentina

  Thousands of women and girls in Argentina suffer needlessly every year because of negligent or abusive reproductive health care.

• American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall Behind Other Countries

  Obesity smoking traffic fatalities and homicide ruled out as causes of failure of US to keep up with gains in life expectancy in other countries.

• America, Land of the... Prosecuted

  U.S. prisons have filled with more than murderers rapists and violent gang members.

• Harold Dow a CBS News Correspondent has Passed Away

  Well known CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow has died at age 62.

• Cyclist Breaks World Record

  Athlete Breaks Cycling Record from the Northern to the Southern U.S. Border and From the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast in 44 Days.

• Health Impact of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Hazardous but Improving

  Oil spill along the United States Gulf Coast poses health risks to volunteers fishermen clean-up workers and members of coastal communities.

• Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair Users

  Seattle, Denver, Chicago Among Top 20 Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair Users.

• Family Reunited After Wrongful Seizure of Child

  National Federation of the Blind succeeded in a legal fight to bring two-month-old infant Mikaela Sinnett, home to her parents.

• Journey of Hope - Cycling Across the US for People with Disabilities

  Davenport Welcomes Fraternity Men Cycling Across the Country for People with Disabilities.

• Americans Believe Social Life Would Suffer More than Sex Life from Hearing Loss

  Americans believe their social life and their safety would suffer the most if they had a substantial hearing loss.

• Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast Cancer

  International disability advocate artist and quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Cleanlogic Adds Braille to Bottles of Body Wash and Lotion

  Cleanlogic is Helping to Improve the Lives of the 70% of blind adults in America who are unemployed.

• OAS Participates in Opening of New POETA Center in Peru

  The POETA Program objective is to provide access and training in the use of Information and Communication Technologies to people with disabilities to improve their education and job opportunities.

• Offset State Mental Health Crisis and End Disability Backlog

  Greater Research is Needed for Mental Illness Along with Federal Action to Offset State Mental Health Crisis and End Disability Backlog.

• U.S. Disability and Veterans Parking Privileges

  The laws supporting disability parking privileges are there to ensure that Persons with Disabilities have access to parking spaces.

• Americans Live to Work But Don't Prepare for Illness

  Few Americans readily make the connection between staying healthy and staying on the job.

• Sports and Music Stars Drive 6,000 Miles for COPD

  Entertainment sports and healthcare organizations have joined forces to screen people at risk for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

• The Arc Condemns White House Aides Use of R-Word

  This is the second serious verbal miscue by the Administration about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Great Lakes ADA Center Celebrates 19 Years of Americans with Disabilities Act

  July 26, 2009 marks the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).