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Rachel Barkley: Fraud Reform Must Target Criminals, Not Cut Off Disability Care
“When government responds to fraud with blunt instruments, the people who rely on these programs can become collateral damage.” In a commentary published at The ...
The Fall and Rise of Eugenics – The 1950s and 1960s
Part 5 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. When Allied forces liberated the camps between the summer ...
Boeing Refuses to Listen to Passengers With Disabilities
At this week’s Boeing annual meeting, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley will call out Boeing executives for refusing to establish a Disability Access Committee to improve safety ...
The End of an Official Killing Program and Discovery of the Nazi Horror
Part 4 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. The secret official and organized killing under Aktion T4 ...
Life Unworthy of Life: A Tragic Reality – 1940s
Part 3 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. Unofficial killing began in earnest before Aktion T4 was ...
Kansas Is Proving What’s Possible with ABLE—Now Let’s Scale It
For decades, public policy sent a quiet but devastating message to people with disabilities: Stay poor or lose life-saving benefits. The Stephen Beck Jr., Achieving ...
Setting the Stage for Life Unworthy of Life – The 1930s
Part 2 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. Hitler had alluded to the Jewish Final Solution in ...
Mark Mostert: Rolling Back Progress in the Skies
“For the last 40 years, passengers with disabilities have repeatedly been disappointed in the lack of progress around air travel,” writes Able Americans Senior Researcher ...
Why Should They Live? The 1920s and 30s
Many people believe that eugenics is a long-discredited idea that has no part in modern civilized society. This is wildly inaccurate. Eugenics is alive and ...
The Airlines and Airline Manufacturers Have Had 40 Years to Support Passengers with Disabilities – With Few Exceptions, They Have Failed Miserably
Air travel for passengers with disabilities is often fraught with unnecessary and significant challenges. In the commentary below, Able Americans Senior Researcher Mark Mostert takes ...
