A Categorical No to Categorical Accommodation Denials Related to COVID-19?
Across-the-board policies that fail to assess accommodation requests on an individual basis do not comply with federal disability law.
Disability Law
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Read more: COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence? COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?
During the pandemic, disability rights have been negotiable and vulnerable to sacrifice in service of the needs of able-bodied, neurotypical people.
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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: 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: Arizona’s Crisis Standards of Care and Fair Allocation of Resources During COVID-19 Arizona’s Crisis Standards of Care and Fair Allocation of Resources During COVID-19
Arizona has done the right thing by adopting crisis standards of care instead of leaving these decisions about ventilators to be made ad hoc.
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Read more: How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities
Triage policies that use medical evidence to save more lives are legal, ethical, and better for patients with disabilities than other approaches.
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Read more: Rethinking Inclusivity in Precision Medicine Research: The Disability Experience and Barriers to Participation Rethinking Inclusivity in Precision Medicine Research: The Disability Experience and Barriers to Participation
Persons with disabilities constitute the largest health disparities group in the U.S., but they have largely been absent from the conversations on precision medicine research.
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Read more: Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative
Amanda C. Pustilnik I am excited to join the Petrie-Flom Center as the first Senior Fellow in Law & Applied Neuroscience. This fellowship is the product of an innovative partnership between the Petrie-Flom Center and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) at Massachusetts General Hospital. This partnership aims to translate developments in neuroscience…