The coronavirus pandemic has created a mass-disabling event that experts liken to HIV, polio or World War II, with millions suffering the long-term effects of infection with the virus. Many have found their lives dramatically changed and are grappling with what it means to be disabled. Read the full story here.
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Covid Long-haulers Face Challenges Accessing Federal Disability Benefits
The CDC is still investigating who gets long Covid and how those symptoms impact individuals. Watch the full story here.
Long Covid Could Change the Way We Think About Disability
The coronavirus pandemic has created a mass-disabling event that experts liken to HIV, polio or World War II, with millions suffering the long-term effects of infection with the coronavirus. Many have found their lives dramatically changed and are grappling with what it means to be disabled. Read the full story here.
As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Disability Advocates Say CDC Isn’t Doing Enough
As concerns over a new Covid-19 resurgence grow, advocates have been pushing back on the administration’s decision to roll back recommended restrictions and are urging officials to reconsider implementing restrictions such as masking. Read more here.
Two Years of COVID-19 Have Created a Second Silent Pandemic–One of Grief
The impact of coronavirus grief is far-reaching. In 2020, researchers came up with an indicator to measure that impact called the COVID-19 bereavement multiplier. For every COVID death in the U.S., nine surviving Americans will lose a grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse or child, according to the analysis. Read more here.
Vulnerable to the Virus, High-Risk Americans Feel Pain as the U.S. Moves On
Transplant recipients, cancer patients and millions of other Americans with risk factors feel ignored and abandoned as their neighbors, and their government, seek a return to normal. Read more here.
Arizona Voices Of COVID-19: Matt Hoie On Waiting For A Vaccine
NCDJ board member Amy Silverman worked with KJZZ in Arizona to produce a segment for their program, The Show, last week. In the segment Matt Hoie, a person on the autism spectrum, shared why he is eager to get his first vaccine. Hoie described his hopes for life after the vaccine and discussed how COVID-19 has impacted his life.
Listen to the full story here.
COVID-19 is creating communication barriers for the deaf community
For many people who are deaf or hard of hearing, lip reading, facial expressions and body language are vital to communication, but protective face masks and remote work and school meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 have made it more difficult.
More than 1.1 million people in Arizona are hard of hearing, and more than 20,000 are deaf, according to the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.