COVID 19 Issues, Actions and Resources
There are tons of issues, actions, and resources related to COVID 19 and disability. We've consolidated some of them here. Please contact us if you have any suggestions.
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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.
Non-COVID Actions and Issues
Actions
Create Autism After 21 Day in your community
Each year over 100,000 children with autism become adults with autism. That is 400,000 people in the next four years turning 21–the age at which…
How The Disability Community Can Respond to COVID-19
Ensuring People with Disabilities Can Access Prescription Drugs During the Current Crisis March 13, 2020 Many people with disabilities are at increased risk of serious…
Tell Congress #WeAreEssential
People With Disabilities, Families, and Direct Support Professionals: Tell Congress #WeAreEssential TAKE ACTION NOW Legislation is moving very quickly through Congress to address the coronavirus…
Issues
Protect IDEA under COVID
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is under imminent threat as the US responds to the COVID epidemic A provision in the Coronavirus Aid,…
Plastic Straws, Disabled People and the Environment
Today, plastic straws can be a life saver and inclusion enabler for people with disabilities. At the same time, plastics have a serious, negative environmental…
Support Californians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
More than 360,000 Californians with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities live in our state; they are our neighbors, classmates, coworkers, family, and friends; however, their support…
Resources and References
Know Your Disability Healthcare Rights
Print and Carry or Download to your Phone In the current COVID-19 health crisis, people with disabilities are at double risk. The virus itself hits…
General COVID-19 Disability Resources
We all need to work together to help the disability community through the COVID-19 crisis. If you know of any resource, action, or other information,…
Adding Masks to Social Distancing for COVID 19
The US and other western countries have been slow to add masks to the recommended measures for the general public. This is likely largely due…