Tomorrow Is World AIDS Day: FACING AIDS for the 37 Friends I’ve Lost to HIV
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Tomorrow Is World AIDS Day: FACING AIDS for the 37 Friends I’ve Lost to HIV
Tomorrow Is World AIDS Day: FACING AIDS for the 37 Friends I’ve Lost to HIV

Categories: Health

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director, reposted from blog.AIDS.gov Tomorrow, December 1, is World AIDS Day. The Americans with Disabilities Act has supported people living with HIV and AIDS since 1998. At AIDS.gov, World AIDS Day (and every day) is an … Continue reading

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Assistant Secretary Kathleen Martinez Reflects on the Death of Laura Hershey
Assistant Secretary Kathleen Martinez Reflects on the Death of Laura Hershey

Categories: Community Life

It is with deep sadness that I became aware of the death of Laura Hershey. I knew Laura for many years. Laura was one of the first activists to use poetry to convey the message of the Disability Rights and Independent … Continue reading

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Statement by the President on the 35th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Statement by the President on the 35th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Categories: Education

Read President Obama's statement on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of this historic legislation.  For more information about the IDEA visit the website of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services and watch the … Continue reading

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