COVID-19 – Information for People with Disabilities
CWDO has compiled information for people with disabilities about the virus, resources available, and what we can do.
Read our COVID-19 Guide for people with disabilities (updated July 9, 2020) and send us additional info we should add to make it better.
COVID-19 – Equal Access to Treatment
If we run out ventilators, will you be ineligible for one on the basis of your disability, underlying health conditions, or your score on the Frailty Scale? Read Ontario’s Heath’s Triage Protocol guidelines to find out. Note: Link goes to an inaccessible PDF. (WARNING: Content may be upsetting.)
See also The Framework for Ethical Decision-Making by the Canadian Medical Association and Guidelines to US states on Avoiding Disability-Based Discrimination in Treatment Rationing developed by people with disabilities. The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and the ARCH Disabilities Law Centre countered quicky. See OHRC’s Policy on Equal Rights during the pandemic and ARCH’s Open Letter.
CWDO Writes the Premier
CWDO wrote the Premier asking for disability-related and accessible information to help us cope with COVID-19. Read our letter to the Premier about our concerns regarding COVID-19. No response received to date.
Virtual Public Forum on the COVID-19 Crisis – Recording Now Available
The AODA Alliance and Ontario Autism Coalition jointly hosted a virtual public forum on the COVID-19 crisis and describes specific concerns our community implores the government to address.
Watch the recording of the Public Forum and note issues that impact you. Follow up by contacting your local federal, provincial or city representatives. Tweet under #disabilityurgent. Ask them to watch this video. Let them know we are not expendable nor invisible. Our lives matter, too. (Note: Video runs 2 hours,11 minutes, is captioned and ASL interpreted)