The Governor, in Executive Order 2023-09, has directed the Department of Aging, the Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Council, and other agencies under his jurisdiction to develop this plan to enhance the health, well-being, and high quality of life for older adults and adults with disabilities and to reflect the express preference of older adults to live […]
Tuesday, June 27- Cranberry, PA Pittsburgh Marriott North 100 Cranberry Woods Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Click here to Register
AAW and Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP) providers are invited to sign up for a scheduled one-on-one VOH session to discuss incident management topics with the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP)-Bureau of Supports for Autism and Special Populations (BSASP). Providers may sign up for one 30-minute session and multiple staff from the provider may join […]
On June 28, the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) is holding its annual stakeholder meeting. This interactive meeting will focus on ways to get people with disabilities more involved in the federal disability and rehabilitation research process. This topic will be discussed by several panelists and will be supplemented by multiple question-and-answer sessions throughout […]
In our society, we are socialized to understand that what we wear, how we speak, and even our hairstyle define us. However, for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), the pressure to present “correctly” to be accepted and treated with respect is exponentially greater. Respectability politics, or the codes of behavior that BIPOC and […]
