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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/they-thought-theyd-be-near-the-front-of-the-line-for-the-vaccine-now-they-dont-know-where-they-stand/2021/02/12/31f33b46-6d9f-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html
Below is a list of resources created by other health and disability organizations designed to answer questions that people with disabilities may have about the COVID-19 vaccine. This resource guide was created in collaboration with the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. COVID-19 Vaccine Information: Common Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccine Continue reading “https://disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/wp-content/themes/gridd”
https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/01/04/democracy-project-maureen-van-stone-bonnielin-swenor/?fbclid=IwAR0Aop0VjCiN9BdfifSD9daIHjXWl5fqI56hk9P0IT2AVrzGt1xaEss84t8
A team of Hopkins researchers across the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Public Health was awarded the Johns Hopkins Discovery Award to pursue research on how food insecurity uniquely affects the disability community. Addressing the Double Disparity: Food Insecurity among People with Disabilities– Bonnielin Swenor (Medicine), Laura Samuel (Nursing), Sarah Szanton Continue reading “https://disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Healthy Women’s article on COVID-19 safety measures features Dr. Bonnielin Swenor, Director of the DHRC. https://www.healthywomen.org/your-care/how-covid-19-safety-measures-are-impacting-various-disabled-communities/people-with-different-disabilities-are-impacted-in-different-ways
Hopkins Medicine article featuring the work of faculty and trainees at the Disability Health Research Center. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/students-with-disabilities-forge-new-paths-in-school-of-medicine?fbclid=IwAR3CGiKtrboQBGIEJi3gfW3xk4vzMTIW1KaLe_K_xbQop4jHGLQ2G9KLxxA
DHRC Intern Sabrina Epstein discusses barriers to voting for people with disabilities on NPR’s Here and Now. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/10/28/voting-disabilities-accessibility
Jessica Campanile, DHRC Student Researcher & Hopkins post-bac, wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun on COVID and disability accommodations: https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0913-disabilities-pandemic-20200911-i6t3pybeynal3hpsh5akqos5ca-story.html
This video is part of the discussion series hosted by Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. The center provides a platform to catalyze interdisciplinary and innovative research aimed at addressing disability disparities. The specific goals of this webinar are to (1) discuss how COVID has differentially impacted people with disabilities, and (2) outline needed improvements Continue reading “https://disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/wp-content/themes/gridd”