Advocacy During COVID-19

Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr-bulletin-3-28-20.pdf

Disability Rights during COVID-19

Washington state and conference resource and routine.

Office for Civil Rights

OCR has released a “fact sheet” regarding the application of Section 504 and the ADA to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 impact on public school students with disabilities:

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocr-coronavirus-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/qa-covid-19-03-12-2020.pdf

Long Term Care Facility Resident Relief Package

Check out the advocacy around relocation efforts for long term care facilities.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHPo0KpHAknd3mWEyTvroNzYXcVAw6VCefpdPRcY2izhRaXw/viewform

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/wysk/wysk_ada_rehabilitaion_act_coronavirus.cfm