Reflecting on the Struggle for Disability Rights a Year into the Pandemic
The pandemic has exacerbated existing social inequalities, disproportionately impacting the already marginalized.
Disability
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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.
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Read more: Announcing The Journal of Philosophy of Disability Announcing The Journal of Philosophy of Disability
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD) is a new journal devoted to the philosophical study of disability.
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Read more: The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
It is clear that responses to the pandemic—with respect to more basic resources than ventilators—has been uneven, particularly for the most vulnerable.
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Read more: Disability, COVID-19, and Triage: Exploring Resource Allocation and the Framing of Disability Disability, COVID-19, and Triage: Exploring Resource Allocation and the Framing of Disability
RecordingEvent Description The COVID-19 Pandemic is raising difficult to answer questions regarding the allocation of scare resources, such as ventilators. Providers are struggling to triage access to ventilators ethically. Some have argued that we should consider health status and maximizing health outcomes. Others counter that using health status to determine access would discriminate against people…
