Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kit Shipment Program Ends; Blind, Low-Vision Users Can Continue to Request Accessible Kits
Beginning Friday, September 2, 2022, free at-home COVID-19
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White House Announces Plan to Help People with Disabilities Navigate Covid-19
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The White House has announced several measures to help people with disabilities navigate the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, following criticism that the government has ignored those with special needs during the crisis. That neglect was encapsulated, advocates for those with disabilities charge, when
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New CDC Materials Teach COVID-19 Safety Protocols to People with IDD
Communication is one of the most important tools for containing the spread of COVID-19. As the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to spread, reliable information about the disease and how to protect oneself and one’s community from infection are critically important. A particularly vulne
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Pandemic Payments Now Won’t Affect SSI Benefits or Eligibility at All
Pandemic-related financial assistance will no longer affect an individual’s eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or the benefit amount, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced. The assistance includes a long list of pandemic payments, ranging from COVID-19 relief che
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New Website Offers Disability Community a Trusted Vaccine Resource
With Covid-19 proving to be deadlier to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) than just about any other group, it is little wonder that the
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Latest Pandemic Relief Law Largely Ignores Needs of People with Disabilities
The $900 billion Covid-19 pandemic relief package, signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020, contains almost no funding for programs specific to people with disabilities,Read More
Will People with Disabilities Have Priority for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly devasting to people with disabilities. Recent studies indicate that they are Read More
Consider Putting Recipients’ Pandemic Relief Payments in an ABLE Account
Like millions of other Americans, recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) have received or should soon receive a one-time $1,200 coronavirus relief payments from the federal government. And, if Congress can come to an agreement, a second round of economic impact payments wil
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