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New Senate Bill Could Offer More Access To Health Care Needs …

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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A bill expanding healthcare access for working disabled people …

WEBWITF (Harrisburg) — A bill that aims to let more disabled people access a program that gives them medical services appears primed to move quickly through the …

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Home #IWantToWork A self-advocacy campaign

WEBWelcome to #IWantToWork, a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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Meet Joe Maysky #IWantToWork A self-advocacy campaign

WEBHi there! My name is Joe Maysky and I’m the #IWantToWork campaign’s new Social Media Manager. I have cerebral palsy and graduated from West Chester …

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Senator Christine Tartaglione: Experience Makes Her an Advocate

WEBSen. Tartaglione has a wealth of experience advocating for young people with disabilities. She works with many organizations that assist people with disabilities to …

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Working with Benefits

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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Pennsylvania Has a New Program for People with Disabilities: ABLE

WEBPennsylvania launched its ABLE program in April, and I was the second person to open an account. It was so easy to do, let me explain how the ABLE program …

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MAWD Expansion Signed into Law

WEBOn July 1, Governor Wolf signed Act 69 of 2021 into law, expanding the eligibility criteria for the Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) …

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Legislation to remove income limit on people with disabilities

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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Making Sure People with Disabilities Get Good Jobs

WEBWelcome to #IWantToWork’s new blog, Employment First Friday!(And, yes, this is not a joke) We’ve started this blog to promote Employment First in Pennsylvania. …

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Acknowledging my disability, and becoming an advocate

WEBAs a woman with a disability, figuring out what defines me, and how I define myself, has been a tricky thing. Some parts of my identity are easy – I’m a brunette, a …

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Advocates push back against wage limits under disability

WEBWhen Josie Badger was 21 and needed a job, her best bet for employment as a person with a disability was to create her own nonprofit — so she did.

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Community Integrated Services (CIS)

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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As a Pennsylvanian with a disability, I’m forced to choose between

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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Employment First legislation passes Pennsylvania House and Senate

WEB0. HARRISBURG, PA (June 14, 2018) — United Way of Southwestern PA’s #IWantToWork Campaign is pleased to join Representative Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, Representative …

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Employment First legislation introduced in Pennsylvania House …

WEBHARRISBURG, PA (July 5, 2017) — The #IWantToWork Campaign is pleased to join Representative Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, Representative Dan Miller, D-Allegheny and …

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How Being Mainstreamed Led To My Success in Inclusive …

WEBA 1988 study by Affleck et al., spanning fifteen years, found that students with disabilities educated in inclusive settings had an employment rate of 73 percent while …

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#IWantToVote: Resources for election day

WEB#IWantToWork is a social media self-advocacy campaign powered by young Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Our goal is to ensure people with disabilities have …

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Matthew Berwick #IWantToWork A self-advocacy campaign

WEBMatthew Berwick currently serves as the Program Manager, Disability Accommodations in Clinical Services for UPMC Health System in the Disabilities Resource Center and …

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