Key focal areas for bridging the fields of aging and disability: findings from the growing older with a disability conference, (2012). Naidoo, V., Putnam, M., & Spindel, A. International Journal Of Integrated Care, 12(8). http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/1082/1915
The Toronto declaration on bridging knowledge, policy and practice in aging and disability, (2012). Bickenbach, J., Bigby, C., Salvador-Carulla, L., Heller, T., Leonardi, M., LeRoy, B., Mendez, J., Putnam, M., & Spindel, A. International Journal Of Integrated Care, 12(8). http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/1086/1923
Self-directed support: Impact of hiring practices on adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and families, (2012). Heller, T., Arnold, C.K., van Heumen, L., McBride, E.J., & Factor, A. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117, 464-477.http://www.aaiddjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1352/1944-7558-117.6.464
Prevalence of falls and risk factors in adults with Intellectual Disability, (2012). Hsieh, K., Rimmer, J., & Heller, T. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117, 442-454.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Introduction The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Title I of the ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or more employees as well as state and local government employers of the same size. Section 501 of the …
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission IntroductionThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Title I of the ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or more employees as well as state and local government employers of the same size. Section 501 of the Rehabilitation …
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Self-Reported Health of People with Intellectual Disability (2012). Fujiura, G., T. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: August 2012, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 352-369.
A Room With A Grim View: The ‘Ambient Despair’ That Marks Life In Assisted LivingBy Martin Bayne After entering an assisted living facility at age fifty-three because of young-onset Parkinson’s, an observer-advocate contemplates the dire need for long-term care reform. Read: (http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/7/1633.full.pdf)Listen: (http://www.healthaffairs.org/Media/podcasts/narrativematters/aging/bayne_martin_aroomwithagrimview_2012_full.mp3)Download PDF The essay appears in Health Affairs’ July 2012 issue. Visit the …
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Several Million Healthcare Workers Needed by 2020 Regardless of the fate of the Affordable Care Act, the United States will need 5.6 million new healthcare workers by 2020, according to a study. The study, by researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and Workforce, also found that 4.6 million of those new workers will need …
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• Data Collection: Improve collection of data on employment of people with disabilities by modifying the invitation for workers to self-identify by requiring that contractors invite all applicants to voluntarily self-identify as an “individual with a disability” at the pre-offer stage of the hiring process.
