Tag: Able Americans
Assisted Suicide Laws are Dangerous for Those With Disabilities
Able Americans’ Senior Advisor Melisa Ortiz meets with members of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition to discuss the dangers progressive assisted suicide laws present for people with disabilities. Watch the full interview below: ...
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Common Sense America with Eden Hill, Melanie Collette and Melissa Ortiz.
Project 21's Melanie Collette and Able Americans' Melissa Ortiz join Eden Hill on Common Sense America. Watch the full interview below: ...
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75% of People with Disabilities Are Unemployed – Melissa Ortiz Explains How This Can Change
Able Americans' Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz joins Holly Morris on Fox 5 DC to share ways employers can accommodate and hire more individuals with disabilities. Watch the full interview below: ...
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NCPPR Hires Melissa Ortiz to Lead Able Americans
Washington, DC - Well-known and respected advocate for people with disabilities, Melissa Ortiz, will lead the new Able Americans program, according to the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR). "We're fortunate to have someone as talented and experienced as Melissa ...
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Trying to Frighten People with Disabilities or Pre-Existing Conditions into Supporting the ACA
In a blog post for the Independent Women's Forum Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "In the months leading up to the 2016 election, I was often asked why I supported scuttling the Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially the individual ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Lives Up to Worst Stereotypes of the Participation Trophy Generation
In her opinion piece for The Daily Caller Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington has always been a favorite movie among civic-minded and nostalgic Americans, especially Baby Boomers and early Generation X. Now a new generation of ...
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The Meaning of “CAVU” for One American
In a blog post for the Independent Women's Forum Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "America celebrated the life of a beloved president last week. We watched the Bush family and the nation mourn. We heard wonderful memories about the ...
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A woman blessed by the ADA
In her opinion piece for Administration for Community Living, Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "Maria von Trapp writes in her book, The Story of the von Trapp Family Singers, about her youngest son's first communion. Johannes gleefully announced, “Now it’s ...
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I’m a Woman with a Disability Who Voted for Donald Trump. Here’s Why
In her opinion piece for Time, Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "My whole life I have cast off the labels and stereotypes others foisted upon me. Thus, politics-by-category annoys me. Unfortunately, in the 2016 presidential election cycle, America seemed convinced ...
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As Colorado Legalizes Assisted Suicide, Don’t Be Conned by the Agenda of Death
In her opinion piece for The Daily Signal, Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz writes, "Campaign season 2016 is officially over. As I sat in stunned elation watching the last of the presidential returns filter in during the wee hours of ...
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