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COVID Blog: The Horrors of the Nursing Home-Industrial Complex in Canada

by Shelley Lynn Tremain In Canada, no aspect of the COVID-19 state of emergency has demonstrated the egregious effects for seniors and younger disabled people of neoliberal austerity measures and government indifference to the lives of elders and disabled people…

GADRA Launch Event Transcript

From recording of the GADRA Launch event, held on Thursday, July 9, 2020. >> Kat: >> Kat: One moment, please. We’re just connecting to Facebook. >> Kat: All right! Hello, and welcome everyone to the launch of the Global Alliance…

COVID Blog: In Uganda, COVID-19 restrictions are limiting access to sunscreen, critical for the survival of people with albinism

by Priti Salian It’s been several weeks since Barbra Anying went out to sell shoes in Lira, a city in northern Uganda. When non-essential businesses were prohibited to function due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she used up all her savings…

Is Your Local Government Including People with Disabilities in Developing and Implementing Reopening Plans?

by Bob Goldstraw “Only the vulnerable will be at risk. Your ‘only’ is my everything.” That was the last post that April Dunn put on her Facebook page. A fierce advocate for the rights of people with disabilities in Louisiana,…

COVID Blog: How the Indian Government and Judiciary Failed Disabled Migrant Workers

by Aishwarya Chouhan On the 23rd of March, the Indian government imposed an abrupt nationwide lockdown to mitigate community transmission of the coronavirus. While prima facie the move seemed commendable, the unplanned lockdown came with unfair consequences for disabled people, especially…

COVID Blogs: Impact of Face Masks on Communication & Education Opportunities for Deaf People

By Karen Fischer Gerard Buckley, a deaf resident of Rochester, New York and the President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), was checking out at a local grocery store when…

Disability-Led Organizations, Corporations & Foundations Launch Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration; July 9th at 12 noon ET/4pm UT

For Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 For further information contact: Tari Hartman Squire, 310-650-0595 What do 633 disability leaders from 29 countries spanning six out of seven continents have in common? 100% believe that organizations led by people with disabilities definitely or…

COVID Blogs: Intensifying Medical Hazards for Persons with Disabilities

by Abha Khetarpal The COVID-19 pandemic has disconcerted everyone on this planet. Varied scales of interventions, strategies and manoeuvres are being initiated and tried in alignment with the evolving situation. But worldwide, a community that is facing the brunt of…

Launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration

The World Institute on Disability, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, and ONG Inclusiva invite you to please join us for the launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. Thursday, July 9, 2020 9 AM Pacific Time/ 12 PM…

WID, ACLU, & Disability Rights groups File Petition with US HHS: Deadly Nursing Home Discrimination

June 23, 2020 – For immediate release COVID-19 Deaths in Nursing Homes are Not Unavoidable — They are the Result of Deadly Discrimination World Institute on Disability joins with ACLU, SEIU, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Partnership for…