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Rachel Barkley: Moving Special Ed Programs to HHS Removes Siloes in the Disability System

“The decision to move the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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No One Is Safe From the Pro-Death Agenda

Postscript to the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. As we have seen, the seeds of assisted suicide and ...
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Collette Divitto: I Am One of Many With Down Syndrome. Start Listening to Us for a Change.

“Why are so many Americans still being told that disability means a life without opportunity?” In a commentary published at The Hill, Collette Divitto — ...
Part 11: Canada: A Society Gone Mad for Medicalized Killing

Canada: A Society Gone Mad for Medicalized Killing

Part 11 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. While the Netherlands and other European countries have descended ...
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Webinar Replay: Addressing Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Medicaid Home Healthcare Programs for Americans with Disabilities

Medicaid’s Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is one of the most important sources of daily support for Americans with disabilities. It can provide personal care, ...
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New Poll of Likely Voters Reveals Surprising Areas of Agreement on Disability Policy

Disability issues rarely command sustained attention in Washington, but a new poll suggests that voters across the political spectrum share more common ground on these ...
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The Netherlands and the Rapid Descent into the Pro-Death Abyss

Part 10 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. As we have seen throughout this series, “survival of ...
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New Report Targets Medicaid Fraud While Protecting People with Disabilities

“Fraud must be rooted out. People with disabilities should not be uprooted with it.” Washington, D.C. — As the Trump Administration targets widespread fraud in ...
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Legal Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia Sweep the World – 2010-Present

Part 9 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. As noted in Part 8, sentiment in the U.S ...
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Fixing Fraud While Saving Medicaid for Those Who Need It

Waste, fraud, and abuse aren’t just budget problems—they’re human ones. By Leslie Ford, Sara Hart Weir, and Rachel Barkley Medicaid was created in 1965 to ...