Leveraging AI for greater health outcomes – CommBank
AI-led mental health companion drives greater inclusion … Her experience in disability services and seeing the impact of the pandemic on …
Livestreaming ‘Made All the Difference’ for Some Disabled Art Lovers
When shuttered venues embraced streaming during the pandemic, the arts became more accessible. With live performance back, and streams dwindling, many feel forgotten.
Pandemic medical innovations leave behind people with disabilities – Fierce Biotech
Those with a physical disability may find the at-home COVID tests that allow … FDA clears Healthy.io's smartphone-based AI test for early-stage …
Special Olympics Drops COVID Vaccine Mandate After Florida Threatens $27.5 Million Fine
Florida threatened to fine Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at the USA Games to be vaccinated against COVID-19, prompting the organization to drop the mandate. The post…
CVS, feds reach agreement on vaccine portal accessibility – Western Mass News
CVS Pharmacy has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors that will ensure the company's online vaccination scheduling portal remains fully …
For Many People With Disabilities, The COVID-19 Threat Hasn’t Gone Away
As government agencies have cast off pandemic protections, many immunocompromised people and those with disabilities have felt forgotten. The post For Many People With Disabilities, The COVID-19 Threat Hasn’t Gone…
Pandemic Medical Innovations Leave Behind People With Disabilities
As the country enters year three of the pandemic emergency, people with disabilities across the U.S. are still finding it difficult to use innovations in telemedicine, teleworking and testing. The…
COVID Harder On Those With Disabilities, Experts Say
Many people with disabilities are more vulnerable to becoming seriously ill, making the current phase of the pandemic — and the desire to “move forward” — particularly frustrating. The post…
Covid pandemic sparks steep rise in number of people in UK with long-term illness
Figures have soared by 1.2m in two years of pandemic as long Covid takes its toll Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than a third of…
Disabled people should be considered before Covid rules are relaxed | Letters
A common theme in disabled people’s experiences of the pandemic has been a sense of profound inequality, writes Gemma Hope Many disabled people will be asking the same question as…