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The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities invites your blog submissions. General Submission Guidelines We are looking for submissions about healthcare inequities faced by people with disabilities and proposed solutions to make healthcare more equitable. We want …Read More »COVID-19 Vaccines and Masking Guidance
Authored by: Tracy Waller, Esq., MPH; With contribution by: Tiffany Banks, MSW, LCSW Schools that do not require masking fail to meet the needs of children with disabilities Based on the rise of the delta variant of COVID-19, and the …Read More »Addressing Current Gaps in the Provision of Prenatal Testing to Improve Patient Support and Present Disabilities More Equitably
Between June 6-June 8, 2021, the Prenatal Subcommittee of the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities presented a poster about “Addressing Current Gaps in the Provision of Prenatal Testing to Improve Patient Support and Present Disabilities More Equitably” during the virtual gathering of …Read More »It is Time to Let Go of the QALY’s Legacy of Discrimination
By:Kelly Israel, Policy Analyst, Autistic Self Advocacy NetworkSara van Geertruyden, Executive Director, Partnership to Improve Patient Care People with disabilities are consistently told they are too expensive to treat when compared to other groups. A metric of determining cost effectiveness …Read More »Does it matter that the COVID-19 Vaccine is for Emergency Use Authorization Only and not Full-FDA Approval?
By Tracy Waller The History of Vaccines Vaccinations are recommended for children from birth. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)develops recommendations on the use of vaccines, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sets U.S. adult and childhood vaccinations schedules based on …Read More »Vaccine Allocation Confusion
Are Vaccines Even Accessible? Vaccine Prioritization Decisions If you are confused about the vaccine allocation priority groups in your county or state, you are not alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing recommendations to federal, state, …Read More »
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At the end of last week @cloud22com & @ThinkEquitable released a handy little tool to help plan when you get your COVID-19 Booster shot! I love doing stuff like this with our clients!!! https://twitter.com/ThinkEquitable/status/1436430759632400386
Wondering when you'll be eligible to receive your COVID-19 Vaccine Booster? Check out this new tool to help you plan for it. https://centerfordignity.com/booster-shot-date/
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