United Spinal Association Answers FAQs on Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrated its first anniversary on March 23, 2011. A lot has happened since the law passed — legal challenges and vitriolic congressional debate — and...
View ArticleSouthwest Conference on Disability Now Accepting Proposals for 2011 Conference
The Southwest Conference on Disability is soliciting proposals for the 2011 conference, October 5-7, at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Proposals should pertain to one or more of the conference...
View ArticleFCC Proposes to Update Rules Promoting Accessibility to Advanced...
As part of its implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), the Federal Communications Commission issued three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking....
View ArticleTeenScreen Promotes Mental Health Screenings for Teenagers
More than 1 million teens in the United States suffer from depression, yet fewer than one-third of them receive help, according to the TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups. TeenScreen...
View ArticleOpportunity for International Cooperation to Advance Disability Rights
The Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL) is inviting human rights, poverty reduction and humanitarian organizations to join a global effort to collect and disseminate disability-related information...
View ArticleCybersecurity: Keeping Your Data Safe
Many people derive a great deal of enjoyment from posting their personal photos and private information to Facebook and other social media websites these days. And it’s easy for enthusiastic posters to...
View ArticleMaking Meetings More Accessible
Accessibility is a broad concept. Some aspects are strictly governed by law, such as the number of accessible rooms or roll-in showers a hotel must have on offer. But much of what makes a hotel feel...
View ArticleHHS Publishes Final Standards for Data Collection
On October 31, 2011, the department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final standards for collecting data about race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status. Under health...
View ArticleNew Findings on the ‘Female Protective Effect’ From Autism
Boys are considerably more likely than girls to have autism, but scientists have not fully understood the imbalance. According to a recent study led by Elise Robinson, an instructor in analytic and...
View ArticleAAHD Partners with Two Conferences
AAHD is proud to be a promotional partner for Mental Health America’s 2013 annual conference, Why Wellness Works: Breakthrough and Pathways to Whole Health. This year’s conference will examine current...
View ArticleNational Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative Helps People with...
Navigators and other enrollment specialists can now access better information to help people with disabilities find health care coverage in the federal and state exchanges. The tools are...
View ArticleSouthwest Conference on Disability Now Accepting Proposals for 2011 Conference
The Southwest Conference on Disability is soliciting proposals for the 2011 conference, October 5-7, at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Proposals should pertain to one or more of the conference...
View ArticleFCC Proposes to Update Rules Promoting Accessibility to Advanced...
As part of its implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), the Federal Communications Commission issued three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking....
View ArticleTeenScreen Promotes Mental Health Screenings for Teenagers
More than 1 million teens in the United States suffer from depression, yet fewer than one-third of them receive help, according to the TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups. TeenScreen...
View ArticleOpportunity for International Cooperation to Advance Disability Rights
The Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL) is inviting human rights, poverty reduction and humanitarian organizations to join a global effort to collect and disseminate disability-related information...
View ArticleCybersecurity: Keeping Your Data Safe
Many people derive a great deal of enjoyment from posting their personal photos and private information to Facebook and other social media websites these days. And it’s easy for enthusiastic posters to...
View ArticleMaking Meetings More Accessible
Accessibility is a broad concept. Some aspects are strictly governed by law, such as the number of accessible rooms or roll-in showers a hotel must have on offer. But much of what makes a hotel feel...
View ArticleHHS Publishes Final Standards for Data Collection
On October 31, 2011, the department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final standards for collecting data about race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status. Under health...
View ArticleNew Findings on the ‘Female Protective Effect’ From Autism
Boys are considerably more likely than girls to have autism, but scientists have not fully understood the imbalance. According to a recent study led by Elise Robinson, an instructor in analytic and...
View ArticleAAHD Partners with Two Conferences
AAHD is proud to be a promotional partner for Mental Health America’s 2013 annual conference, Why Wellness Works: Breakthrough and Pathways to Whole Health. This year’s conference will examine current...
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