Join us Every Week on Thursdays at 4:00 PM! Register for Values Responds: Staying Connected, Reducing the Distance series here
Communication First has created a COVID-19 Communication Rights Toolkit with Printable Patient Accommodations Request Form in both English and Spanish. It is important that no matter our way of communicating, we are listened too. "Hospitals and other health care facilities must meet your communication needs at all times. They also have an ethical duty to try to obtain your informed consent before treating or withholding treatment."-Communication First
Numotion has created "coronavirus tips for wheelchair users to keep in mind when taking care of their mobility equipment and the environment around them." Check out their tips here https://www.numotion.com/blog/march-2020/coronavirus-what-to-do-if-you-re-in-a-wheelchair
ABLEnow accounts help individuals with disabilities save money to pay for qualified expenses, without being taxed on the earnings – and in most cases, without losing eligibility for certain means-tested benefit programs. Find more information on their webpage and open an account online https://www.able-now.com/
Check out this link to view DD Town Hall Webinar Recording and intensified communications with leadership at the New Jersey Department of Human Services to advocate for improvements to rapidly changing policies to protect the rights and health of people with disabilities. https://www.drnj-covid.org/community-inclusion
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