How Long COVID Is Forcing a Reckoning with the Neglect of Post-Infectious Chronic Illnesses
COVID Long Haulers and patient advocates for the chronically ill are forcing an unprecedented recognition for these chronic complex diseases.
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Read more: The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-Based Discrimination The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-Based Discrimination
We have entered a new stage of erasure of children, of the disabled, and of the vulnerable.
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Read more: Viewing Telehealth Policymaking Through the Lens of Disability Viewing Telehealth Policymaking Through the Lens of Disability
As a means for delivering health care, telehealth will only be as successful as it is accessible to our most vulnerable populations.
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Read more: Reflecting on the Struggle for Disability Rights a Year into the Pandemic Reflecting on the Struggle for Disability Rights a Year into the Pandemic
The pandemic has exacerbated existing social inequalities, disproportionately impacting the already marginalized.
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Read more: COVID-19 & Disability: A Holistic Examination of Pandemic Impact COVID-19 & Disability: A Holistic Examination of Pandemic Impact
RecordingEvent Description The COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate effects on the lives of persons with disabilities generally, and especially pronounced effects on specific subsets of this diverse population, including youth with intellectual, developmental, cognitive, and psychosocial disabilities. For example, a letter published recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry on behalf of the directors of…
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Read more: Balancing Health Care Rationing and Disability Rights in a Pandemic Balancing Health Care Rationing and Disability Rights in a Pandemic
Amid the present surge of the coronavirus pandemic, it is crucial that disability rights are a factor in the development of triage protocols.
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Read more: Neurodiversity and Psychedelics Decriminalization Neurodiversity and Psychedelics Decriminalization
A focus on furthering neurodiversity could allow the psychedelics decriminalization movement to gain broader public support.
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Read more: Psychedelics and America: A Digital Symposium Psychedelics and America: A Digital Symposium
This digital symposium for the Petrie-Flom Center’s Bill of Health blog explores the role psychedelics may play in America’s future.
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Read more: Why Buck v. Bell Still Matters Why Buck v. Bell Still Matters
In just three sentences, Justice Holmes delivers a message that has lasted through today: some lives matter more than others.
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Read more: As Cities Decriminalize Psychedelics, Law Enforcement Should Step Back As Cities Decriminalize Psychedelics, Law Enforcement Should Step Back
Psychedelics may fill the growing need for innovative psychiatric drugs. Some cities, dissatisfied with the U.S. war on drugs, are decriminalizing them.
