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This website is regularly updated to provide the disability community with information about rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how they apply to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The resources are based on information from known national, federal, and state sources. Accessibility cannot be guaranteed for external links. This website is a collaboration of the ten regional ADA Centers in the ADA National Network, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Featured Links & Updates
- Research Brief: Telework after COVID: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities [PDF, 5 pages]
Source: Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (DIEP RRTC) - News: Long Covid Disabled Them. Then They Met a ‘Broken’ Social Security Disability Process
Source: CNN - Archive Webinars: Healthcare and the ADA – Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Source: ADA National Network
- News: COVID-19 and Employment Trends for People with Disabilities
Source: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) - Best Practices for the Design of Accessible COVID-19 Home Test Kits issued by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Tech Program
Source: U.S. Access Board - The ADA and Face Mask Policies
| CDC Streamlines COVID-19 Guidance to Help the Public Better Protect Themselves and Understand their Risk
Source: Southeast ADA Center - In Rural America, Older Adult Vaccination Rates were Higher in Counties with More Aging and Disability Services
Source: Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs – Learner Center for Public Health - Supporting Employees with Long COVID: A Guide for Employers [PDF, 5 pages]
Source: Job Accommodation Network (JAN), Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) - Opinion: Doctors didn’t believe that I had Covid-19. I found a way to make them listen
Source: CNN - Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth [PDF]
Source: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division - Children and Teens with Disabilities – COVID-19 Vaccination
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - EEOC Updates “What You Should Know” Guidance on COVID-19, ADA and Other Employment Rights Laws
Source: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Free at-home COVID-19 tests for people who are blind or have low vision
Source: Administration for Community Living - COVID-19 and Mental Health
Source: ADA Live! Podcast and Resources - Vaccination Policy and COVID-19
- Fact Sheet: Accessibility of COVID-19 Vaccine Websites and the ADA [PDF, 2 pages]
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
- Fact Sheet: Accessibility of COVID-19 Vaccine Websites and the ADA [PDF, 2 pages]
- Long COVID Employment, ADA, and Post-COVID Health
Source: ADA Live! Podcast and Resources
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