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Wunderman Thompson Philippines delivers a charming spot for Globe Telecom | ADAGE   Black Voters Back Medicare for All, Not So Much the Candidates Pushing It | Wall Street Journal Among African-Americans, Sanders and Warren trail Biden, who is pushing a more moderate expansion of health insurance The US needs to lead again on disability rights | Judith Heumann for The Hill There are more than one billion disabled people worldwide.

Marilyn Saviola, Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 74 | New York Times Polio left her in a wheelchair.

Gig Economy Compounds Problems for Disabled Workers, Azza Altiraifi Says | Bloomberg   In this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Azza Altiraifi, Disability Justice Initiative research associate, discusses the challenges and biases that permeate the gig economy with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close." (Source: Bloomberg) International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day | American Foundation for Suicde Prevention In 1999, Senator Harry Reid, who lost his father to suicide, introduced a resolution to the United States Senate which led to the creation of International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.

Healthy aging with an online coach | Medical Xpress Older people can improve their lifestyle and adopt healthier behaviors with the support of an online coach.

Six things to do when your aging parents have no retirement savings | USA Today It sounds like the makings of a sitcom, but your parents may end up rooming with you if they haven’t started saving for retirement.An analysis for the Harvard Health Letter using U.S.

Power Cutoffs And Protecting Aging Parents Living Alone | Forbes Imagine your aging parent or other loved one living on his or her own and losing power from a natural disaster or an intentional blackout.

Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging | The New Yorker In days of old, when most people didn’t live to be old, there were very few notable works about old age, and those were penned by writers who were themselves not very old.

Disability Advocate Sues Minneapolis, Scooter Companies For ADA, Anti-Discrimination Violations | CBS4 Minnesota For many, e-scooters are a fast and fun way to get around.