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September 26, 2016

Where Self-Care Starts – WSAW 2016

Where Self-Care Starts – WSAW 2016

by Naomi Ortiz Self-care doesn’t start with “doing.” Taking care of you doesn’t start with routines, activities, goals. Self-care starts with the truth, being in your truth. As a Disabled Mestiza raised in Latinx culture, my childhood was mostly about medical professionals using the idea of “fitting in” and having friends as a way to […]

Article by Lizabeth / WSAW 2016 / community, disability, disabled, fat, mestiza, self care, social justice, weight stigma

May 18, 2016

New EEOC Regulations Greatly Weaken Healthcare Privacy, Potentially Harmful Medically, and Trigger Heavy Financial Penalties on Employees and Families

The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) denounces new regulations by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that substantially weaken protections for invasions of medical privacy and employment discrimination. “The new EEOC regulations are a crippling financial blow to employees and potentially medically harmful to employees and their families nationwide who should be afforded privacy […]

Article by admin / Access to Care, News & Views / ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, BED, BEDA, binge eating disorder, civil rights, data mining, disability, discrimination, doctor, eating disorder, ED, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, financial penalties, genetic, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, genetic testing, GINA, health, health insurance, healthcare, insurance discrimination, job discrimination, medical, medical bias, medical care, personal medical information, privacy, regulations, voluntary, weight loss, wellness, wellness programs

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