Image courtesy of Sins Invalid. Image Description: An illustration of a short-haired person with blue and green skin wearing a pink half-shirt and long pink skirt, seated in a green and orange wheelchair. Handwritten text reads : “Justice means a disability centered response to COVID-19.” Art by Rafi Darrow.
NYU CDS has compiled the following disability justice resources for nondiscrimination in education and healthcare during the COVID-19 crisis. With thanks to our friends and colleagues at DREDF, CIDNY, Sins Invalid, DS-HUM, and more:
Teaching Resources:
- Jessie Male (NYU Gallatin, CDS) on accessible online teaching practices
- Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
- NFB (National Federation of the Blind) COVID-19 Education Resources
- AFB (American Foundation for the Blind) accessibility actions for online classes
- NAD (National Association of the Deaf) ASL and Deaf Students’ Resources
- Rooted in Rights: How to make virtual meetings and events accessible
- University of Washington – Adding captions in Zoom
Health, Legal, and Advocacy Resources:
- NoBodyIsDisposable Toolkit for Surviving COVID-19 Triage, a “Know Your Rights” toolkit for people facing potential triage discrimination based on disability or weight during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- DREDF Know Your Healthcare Disability Rights Factsheet (available in multiple languages)
- Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities Fact Sheet: Safeguard Against Disability Discrimination During COVID-19
- Guidance from Disability Legal Groups on non-discrimination in medical rationing related to the HHS Guidance
- Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights Bulletin on Civil Rights and COVID-19
- Webpage with additional resources and federal and state advocacy (including OCR complaints and state advocacy coalition letters)
- Wellness Resources in the Time of COVID-19 (30+ pages curated by Diane R. Wiener, Syracuse University, and distributed on DS-HUM)
- Social Distancing and Crip Survival: A Disability Centered Response to COVID-19, a guide by Sins Invalid
Op-Eds, Interviews, and Statements
- I’m disabled and need a ventilator to live. Am I expendable during this pandemic?, op-ed by disabled activist Alice Wong
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Resource Preventing Discrimination in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients: The Illegality of Medical Rationing on the Basis of Disability
- “Don’t Deny Disabled People Ventilators,” op-ed by National Council on Disability Chairman Neil Romano and Sam Bagenstos
- “I will not apologize for my needs” op-ed by Ari Ne’eman
- Interview with Susan Dooha, director of Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities letter on basic legal principles of nondiscrimination in healthcare
- AXS Lab evaluation and response to COVID-19