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The Administration for Community Living is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Johnson, Ed.D., as deputy director of the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). Dr. Johnson holds a doctorate in special education from the George Washington University (GW). She has worked at the Department of Health and Human Services for over a decade. She began her career with the federal government in AIDD when it was a part of the Administration for Children and Families. In her most recent position, she led the Office of Program Support for AIDD.

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 appreciate how far we’ve come and the law’s incredible impact.

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. Marisa Scala-Foley, ACL’s team lead for business acumen and health IT, leads the program that earned this year’s honors. In today’s post, she answers a few questions about the program, what it has accomplished, and what makes it a great example of innovation.

In conjunction with the White House Conference on Aging and the Healthy Aging Summit in July 2015, the Administration for Community Living announced:

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 Disabilities Act, which together with Social Security (which will celebrate its 80th anniversary in August), help enable older adults to live their later years in the homes and communities they choose.

This post was originally published on the HHS Blog.

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 regional organizations dedicated to the successful implementation of the ADA. In this blog post, Robin Jones of the Great Lakes ADA Center reflects on the progress made since the ADA’s passage, and the work yet to be done to ensure full inclusion of individuals with disabilities.