Editor's note: This week the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services released a policy statement highlighting the importance of making sure that all young children with disabilities have access to inclusive high-quality early childhood programs. In this guest post, two…
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September 17, 2015 | Mary Beth Bruder,, Ph.D., Director of the University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service and Michael J. Guralnick, Ph.D., Director, Center on Human Development and Disability University of Washington
September 11, 2015 | Jim Macrae, Acting Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Kathy Greenlee, Former Assistant Secretary for Aging and ACL Administrator
Transition is coming to the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program, which is moving from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
For nearly 20 years, HRSA has administered this program to providing services to thousands of…
September 10, 2015 | Kana Enomoto, M.A., Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Jerry Reed, Ph.D., M.S.W., Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center and Vice President, Education Development Center, Inc. Kathy Greenlee, Former Assistant Secretary for Aging and ACL Administrator
Suicide takes a tremendous toll on older adults, particularly men over the age of 65. Yet the number of older adults in the United States is growing. Nearly 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. The good news is that there are more than 11,000 senior centers that offer a wide range of services and…
September 4, 2015 | Kathleen Otte, Regional Administrator, Regions I and II, Administration for Community Living
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Ten years ago this week, the world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, leaving a trail of devastation and human suffering in its path. The storm’s powerful winds, storm surge, and…
August 3, 2015 | Marty Exline, Director, Missouri Assistive Technology
As the nation celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ACL blog is featuring guest posts from leaders in the disability community.
It is hard to believe that the ADA is turning 25! We’ve seen such amazing changes in those 25 years; it's not easy to fully…
July 31, 2015 |
This summer, ACL was named a winner in the HHS Innovates awards for its efforts to link health care and community services. The awards recognize creative solutions developed by HHS employees in response to some of the nation’s most challenging problems in health, health care and government.…
July 30, 2015 |
This month has been a whirlwind of exciting activity and announcements for the Administration on Aging and the Administration for Community Living as a whole. We celebrated the 50th anniversaries of the Older Americans Act and Medicare and Medicaid and the 25th anniversary of the Americans with…
July 28, 2015 | Sharon Lewis, Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living and Jocelyn Samuels, Director, Office for Civil Rights
This post was originally published on the HHS Blog.
Twenty five years ago this week, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, making clear that people with disabilities should experience equal opportunity, independent living, economic self-sufficiency, and full…
July 28, 2015 | Curt Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
As the nation celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this week, ACL continues our guest blog series with blogs from leaders in the disability community. In this piece, Curt Decker, who leads the National Disability Right Network, describes the history of…
July 27, 2015 | Robin Jones, Director, Great Lakes ADA Center, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
As the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ACL is featuring guest blogs from leaders in the disability community. For decades, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research has funded the ADA National Network, a consortium of 10…