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Covid-19 Actions, Issues, and Resources for the Disability Community

The disability community is at high risk from COVID-19. Inclusion for healthcare is a matter of life and death. We are pulling together as many resources as we can and actions that you can take to help ensure that all kids and all adults with disabilities are protected.

COVID-19 has impacted the lives of all of us. The virus poses a risk to everyone’s health, and is proving to be especially dangerous for people with certain types of disabilities and chronic health conditions as well as older adults. The pandemic has disrupted our lives and changed the way that we go to school, work, socialize, and more.

Government and private sector responses may also pose additional harm to disabled people if discrimination based on disability results in the denial of healthcare. And, there is a very real possibility that the spread of COVID-19 will result in a drastic reduction of personal assistants available to provide support to disabled people who rely on their assistance with activities of daily living.

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Actions

Protect the Care of Californians with Special Needs & Developmental Disabilities!

he Honorable Gavin Newsom, California State Governor State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Please Support The Lanterman Coalition’s Multi-Year Funding Proposal to Close the $1.4 Billion…

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The Disability Community Must Once Again Show #WeAreEssential

After being all but ignored in the first three legislative packages that Congress has passed to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the disability community must rise…

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Sign-on to Oppose IDEA / Rehabilitation Act Waivers!

As you likely know, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act directed the Secretary of Education to submit a report to Congress on…

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Issues

COVID crisis – Healthcare Rationing on Basis of Disability is Illegal

In the current COVID-19 health crisis, people with disabilities are at double risk. The virus itself hits people with underlying conditions harder, and long-standing discrimination…

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Disability Democracy – Access to Power

The Disabled Community needs a seat at the table. Voting. Running for office. Access to public meetings and spaces. We need to act to make…

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Disability with Dignity – moving to collective insurance funding model

Disability can touch anyone. The current disability funding model is based on pity, not belief in the value that disabled people provide to society. We…

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Resources and References

US HUD Disability Housing Information

Federal nondiscrimination laws provide housing protections for individuals with disabilities. These protections apply in most private housing, state and local government housing, public housing and…

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Impact on the Disability Community – Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Family First Response Act

On Friday, March 27, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (The CARES Act). This is the third relief package approved…

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HHS BULLETIN:Civil Rights, HIPAA,and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

In light of the Public Health Emergency concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health…

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