[il-talk] Fw: DRC News Alert

Tue Apr 2 21:12:42 UTC 2013

I'm sorry, I don't think that link worked, here it is:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2013/03/29/nprs-unbalanced-portrait-of-disability-in-america

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net>wrote:

> Disability News Alert, March 29, 2013
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> This message includes a link to the text of a very interesting NPR program
> about the economics of federal disability benefits.
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>                March 29, 2013
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>                     IN THIS ISSUE
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>                   National Public Radio began a four-part series of
> reports: Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America. The
> Consortium for the Citizens with Disabilities provided a critique.
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>                   The Boston Globe examined the Senate’s failure in
> December 2012 to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities. “A reconstruction by The Boston Globe of the events leading
> up to the defeat provides an inside look at how the Senate, once known as
> the “world’s greatest deliberative body,” has become overwhelmed by
> partisanship—even on a seemingly uncontroversial measure aimed at helping
> some of the world’s most vulnerable people.”
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>                   The Associated Press reported on Veterans Affairs
> Secretary Eric Shinseki’s commitment to ending the backlog of disability
> claims in 2015 by replacing paper with electronic records.
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>               Carpenter, Nichelle C., and Ramona L. Paetzold. "An
> Examination of Factors Influencing Responses to Requests for Disability
> Accommodations." Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 58, no. 1, 2013, pp. 18–27.
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>               Chiu, C., F. Chan, D. Strauser, M. Feuerstein, N. Ditchman,
> E. Cardoso, J. O'Neill, and V. Muller. "State Rehabilitation Services
> Tailored to Employment Status Among Cancer Survivors." Journal of
> Occupational Rehabilitation, 2013, online ahead of print.
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>               Chiu, Chung-Yi, Fong Chan, Malachy Bishop, Elizabeth da
> Silva Cardoso, and John O’Neill. "State Vocational Rehabilitation Services
> and Employment in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2013,
> online ahead of print.
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>               Denton, Margaret, Jennifer Plenderleith, and James Chowhan.
> "Impact of Retirement Type on Income for People with Disabilities."
> Disability & Society, vol. 28, no. 3, 2013, pp. 338–352.
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>               Flensner, G., A. Landtblom, O. Söderhamn, and A. Ek. "Work
> Capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Individuals with Multiple
> Sclerosis Reduced by Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Study." BMC Public Health,
> vol. 13, no. 224, 2013, online.
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>               Gaumer Erickson, Amy S., Patricia M. Noonan, Jennifer A.
> Brussow, and Barb J. Giplin. "The Impact of IDEA Indicator 13 Compliance on
> Postsecondary Outcomes." Career Development and Transition for Exceptional
> Individuals, 2013, online ahead of print.
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>               Hartley, Michael T. "Investigating the Relationship of
> Resilience to Academic Persistence in College Students with Mental Health
> Issues." Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2013, online ahead of print.
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>               Kulkarni, M., and J. Kote. "Increasing Employment of People
> with Disabilities: The Role and Views of Disability Training and Placement
> Agencies." Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 2013, online ahead
> of print.
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>               Lagu, Tara, Nicholas S. Hannon, Michael B. Rothberg, Annalee
> S. Wells, K.L. Green, McAllister O. Windom, Katherine R. Dempsey, Penelope
> S. Pekow, Jill S. Avrunin, Aaron Chen, and Peter K. Lindenauer. "Access to
> Subspecialty Care for Patients with Mobility Impairment." Annals of
> Internal Medicine, vol. 158, no. 6, 2013, pp. 441–446.
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>               McGeary, D.D., A.L. Peterson, T. Seech, C.A. McGeary, R.J.
> Gatchel, and C. Vriend. "Health Care Utilization After Interdisciplinary
> Chronic Pain Treatment: Part II. Preliminary Examination of Mediating and
> Moderating Factors in the Use of Costly Health Care Procedures." Journal of
> Applied Biobehavioral Research, vol. 18, no. 1, 2013, pp. 24–36.
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>               Myklebust, Jon O. "Disability and Adult Life: Dependence on
> Social Security Among Former Students with Special Educational Needs in
> Their Late Twenties." British Journal of Special Education, vol. 40, no. 1,
> 2013, pp. 5–13.
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>               Neuner, Ralf, Stefanie Braig, Maria Weyermann, Rainer
> Kaluscha, and Gert Krischak. "Short-Term Goal Attainment of In-Patient
> Rehabilitation in Germany and Long-Term Risk of Early Retirement in
> Patients with Musculoskeletal Diseases: Results From a Prospective 5-Year
> Follow-Up Study." Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 35, no. 8, 2013, pp.
> 656–661.
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>               O'Brien, Kelly K., Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Tarik Bereket, Marilyn
> Swinton, Rob Alexander, Kenneth King, and Patricia Solomon. "Sensibility
> Assessment of the HIV Disability Questionnaire." Disability &
> Rehabilitation, vol. 35, no. 7, 2013, pp. 566–577.
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>               Vie, Gunnhild Å., Steinar Krokstad, Roar Johnsen, and Johan
> H. Bjørngaard. "The Health Hazards of Marriage. A Cohort Study of Work
> Related Disability Within 12,500 Norwegian Couples – the HUNT Study."
> Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2013, online ahead of print.
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Ryan Parrey
PhD Candidate-Disability Studies
Graduate Assistant-Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Persons with
Disabilities
University of Illinois, Chicago
Board Member, Disability Geography Specialty Group, AAG