
#IWantToWork is a social media-based initiative of @unitedwaySWPA. #IWantToWork continues advocating for competitive integrated employment of ppl w/disabilities
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“For a person with a disability, career success, marriage, and having a savings was a dream … until now.” Check out this blog post discussing the opening of MAWD: Workers with Job Success on April 1: bit.ly/3Z2sxGJ. #MAWD #WorkerswithJobSuccess #Act69 #IWantToWork
July is Disability Pride Month! Stay tuned after the holiday weekend for #DisabilityPride content and further updates on #HB1834, our current legislative effort to appoint an executive director to the governor's #EmploymentFirst Oversight Commission. Thank you! #IWantToWork
The Pennsylvania Senate has returned to session as of yesterday, June 24. Thank you to our supporting senators who continue to vote toward our #EmploymentFirst efforts:
@SenRobinsonPA
@SenTartaglione
@senbartolotta
@SenatorComitta
#IWantToWork
This piece from the @sfchronicle via @DisabilityScoop speaks with several members of U.S. Congress including our own @SenFettermanPA about their uses of assistive technology on the Senate and House floors! bit.ly/3VfpDi9 #AssistiveTechnology #IWantToWork
We love seeing tech platforms and increased accessibility opportunities coming together.
Read this piece from @disabilityscoop to learn how @Uber will be providing a new service for our caregivers to advocate for our transportation needs. bit.ly/4aSlPca #IWantToWork
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It's #ElectionDay in Pennsylvania. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Remember, if you are in line by 8 p.m., you can vote.
🗳️ Voting in person? Find your polling place: vote.pa.gov/polls
✉️ Need to return your completed mail ballot? Find a drop-off location: vote.pa.gov/ReturnBallot
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TODAY is the last day to apply for a mail-in ballot for the April 23rd election. Applying is quick and easy online! pavoterservices.pa.gov/Onlin…
Great news! HB1834 has passed the PA House, which aims to appoint an exec director to the #EmploymentFirst Oversight Commission.
Thank you to @RepDanMiller for spearheading these efforts! Stay tuned for updates on further progress of this bill. #IWantToWork
Happy to kick-off a long weekend with some disability-forward children's entertainment news: Hop, a new children's animated series from PA-born Arthur creator Marc Brown, will premiere on @StreamOnMax
4/4! bit.ly/3Vw9AhA. #DDAM #IWantToWork
The federal #SocialSecurity Administration has announced steps to curb excessive overpayment claims and recollection. Read this piece including words on the changes from Commissioner @OMalleySSA here: bit.ly/49bNqnS #DDAM #IWantToWork
#MAWD fact: Since #Medicaid unwinding, over 3,000 enrollees were able to move to the MAWD program in Pennsylvania.
Stay tuned for updates on the new #WJS category as well as basic MAWD on this page. #DDAM #IWantToWork
As of November 4, 2023, 664 Pennsylvanians enrolled in the new Workers with Job Success category of the #MAWD program.
Think you might qualify for WJS to raise your asset limits as one of 39,720 on Basic MAWD? Contact your County Assistance Office. #WJS #DDAM #IWantToWork
Check out this thorough recent blog post from researchers at @npwf regarding #disability employment statistics and their intersections with gender and racial identities among others. bit.ly/3TcCaBW #NationalWomensMonth #DDAM #IWantToWork
We're excited to announce that a co-sponsorship memo to update #Act69, known as #MAWDMod, was sent by lead co-sponsors @RepBenham and Rep. Joe Hogan to members of the PA House Health Committee! Thank you for this important step, representatives! #DDAM #IWantToWork
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One year ago today we lost Judy Heumann, “the mother” of the disability rights movement, and an AAPD board member, mentor, and friend. Her work changed laws & urged us to defy limits. We miss her so much! 1/ #WomensHistoryMonth #JudyHeumann

ALT Graphic featuring Judy Heumann smiling in her wheelchair. Above her are wavy stripes in yellow, green, and purple, and stars with the AAPD logo. The text reads "On the anniversary of her passing, we celebrate Judy—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement." There is a quote from Judy that reads: “Some people say that what I did changed the world,” she wrote, “But really, I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be. And I was willing to make a fuss about it.”
Some awesome findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to start the month! bit.ly/4bWzDUU #IWantToWork
Thanks to our friends @PAHealthLaw Project for the clarification on the 2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA, for #SSI beneficiaries and its relationship to #Medicaid benefits. It will not be accounted until March 2024. #IWantToWork
Explore the intersection of black and disabled identities next Wednesday, Feb 28 at 2PM EST with @natdisability's Small Business hub. Register and read more info about the speakers here: bit.ly/4bLjykU. #BlackHistoryMonth #IWantToWork
A new project from Nazareth Area School District and @NazarethAreaHS offering accessible life skills development is officially open with support from Nazareth-area businesses. Click through to read more: bit.ly/3T5g3OV #IWantToWork
This article provides a national overview of the Medicaid unwinding process. Here in PA, our friends @PAHealthLaw may be able to help you if you believe that your benefits were incorrectly dropped. bit.ly/3HW0l26 #IWantToWork
Click through to read the January newsletter from our friends @PAHealthLaw, which includes. a section on #MAWD and its relationship to #HBCS: tinyurl.com/jan2024HLN. #IWantToWork









