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How Journalists Can Improve Coverage of Autism

jennymatthews — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:42:08 +0000

Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel, director of Autism Services in the UCSB Autism Research Center and co-author of a new book on about autism, was a guest on Morning Media Menu this week.

On the show, she discussed how journalists can better cover autism –encouraging the media to focus on positive stories about coping with autism, rather than negative controversies.

Very interesting podcast. Check it out here.

New addition to the resources page

jennymatthews — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:08:50 +0000

We’ve added to our resources page an edition of the News Watch journal focusing on covering the disability community. It includes articles on being a reporter with a disability, how the media gets it wrong when it comes to covering disability and what it is like to be disabled and Muslim, among other articles and tips. Check it out under Disability Resources List.

PAS Center webinar

jennymatthews — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:38 +0000

The Center for Personal Assistance Services is holding a webinar on Wednesday, February 10th. In this webinar, Terence Ng will discuss “An Analysis Of Medicare And Medicaid In Long-Term Care And Suggestions Of Reform.” Mr. Ng will look at issues involving long-term care programs, including spending, services, waivers, population groups involved, and how to reduce the fragmentation and lack of coordination in long term care services.

Health care reform is a hot topic in the media right now and issues involving Medicare, Medicaid and general health care are vitally important to many disabled persons. This webinar will provide an important perspective for the health care debate.

The 60-minute webinar will begin at 2.00pm Eastern; 1:00pm Central; 12:00pm Mountain; 11:00am Pacific; 10:00am Alaska and 8:00am Hawaii.

There is no fee and no pre-registration for this webinar which is open to everyone. To join the Webinar visit:

http://www.tinyurl.com/PASElluminate

It is recommended that you visit this link before hand, as the Webinar software (Elluminate) needs to be downloaded to your computer, which can take a few minutes.