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…
CDC, WHO Criticized For Perpetuating Down Syndrome ‘Misinformation’
Down syndrome advocates want the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to rethink how they’re classifying the chromosomal condition. The post CDC, WHO Criticized For…
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 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…
‘Do what you reasonably can’: Queensland disability homes told to manage Covid alone
Exclusive: Emails reveal how state abandoned ‘rapid response’ plan for managing coronavirus in disability housing as Omicron hit Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Queensland authorities…
Disabled man unable to get Covid booster after Australian vaccine contractor prioritises aged care
Man told wait for Covid booster will be ‘another month or two’ as NDIS participant vaccine rates remain lower than general population Follow our live blog for the latest updates…
Coronavirus Briefing: A Pandemic of the Forgotten
Some immunocompromised people feel left out of the narrative.
Vaccine Mandate Could Displace Group Home Residents With Disabilities
A state COVID-19 vaccine requirement could force a nonprofit group home operator to kick out residents with intellectual disabilities because there won’t be enough staff to care for them. The…
CDC: People With Disabilities Want COVID-19 Vaccines, But Struggle To Get Them
People with disabilities are less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, new research suggests, but it’s not because they are reluctant to do so. The post CDC: People With Disabilities…