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The Importance of Tech Education for Older Adults | U.S.

ProPublica experiments with ultra-accessible plain language in stories about people with disabilities | Nieman Lab For an investigation into denied disability benefits in Arizona and an accompanying editor’s note, ProPublica is experimenting with plain language — a type of text that uses common words, short sentences, and clear structure to make information more accessible to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

This year’s crop of titles include those written by a neuroscientist, an anthropologist and a philosopher Whether you’re looking for perspective, practical information or just plain distraction from our changing, challenging world, the following books offer lots of ideas for staying well fiscally and physically, for engaging our minds, sustaining our spirits and urging us forward.

Plain Language Writing — An Essential Part Of Accessibility | Forbes How do you make writing accessible?

Danger: Aging Parents Overspending, Running Low, And What You Can Do | Forbes Briana called AgingParents.com in distress.

Elderly African Americans: The vulnerable of the vulnerable in the COVID‐19 era | Wiley Online Library The COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted underlying racial disparities for racial/ethnic minorities, especially African Americans (AAs).1, 2 Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 37.3% of elderly patients (aged 65 years and older) who have been hospitalized for COVID‐19 in the United States are AAs.3 This is over 400% of the demographic fraction occupied by AAs among the elderly US population, as AAs comprise just 9% of this population.

President Trump’s Medicare drug discount cards face uncertain path \ the Washington Post Three weeks after President Trump announced the government would send tens of millions of older Americans $200 to help pay for medicine, the election-season idea is mired in uncertainty over whether such drug discount cards are legal, proper or will ever exist.