While engaging with communities and larger populations in the response to COVID-19, it is important to understand the needs of specific groups who might experience barriers to accessing information, care and support or be at higher risk of exposure and secondary impacts, such as children and adults with disabilities, who make up an estimated 15% of the population and are often invisible and excluded.
Free Resources to Combat COVID-19. Relias specializes in online education solutions for healthcare providers. We are sharing our training and resources to help individuals and healthcare personnel stay safe and informed.
Coronavirus is particularly difficult for people with intellectual disabilities, many of whom are particularly reliant on routines, on familiar activities, on seeing their families and friends. How can you support people to understand what is happening and to cope with the sudden changes in their lives? Here are five hints and tips.
Many hospitals currently restrict in-person visitation as an important and necessary COVID-19 mitigation strategy. However, families and advocates have contacted the Minnesota Department of Health to express concern about the ability of patients with disabilities and pediatric patients to access support people, parents, or legal guardians while hospitalized.
The TIES Center and National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) Parent Video Series: Supporting the Learning of Children with Significant Cognitive Disabilities at Home supports families in understanding the important role that they have in teaching their children. The series offers ideas for how to support learning at home.
