This is our shot to stay safe from COVID-19!
Vaccines have been a safe and important tool for preventing life-threatening diseases for decades, from the flu to polio to the measles, and now COVID-19….
June 17, 2021
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New Plain Language COVID-19 Vaccine Videos in English and Spanish
COVID-19 changed the way we live. We do things differently to stay safe from COVID-19. We stay in our homes a lot. We have to…
March 26, 2021
New Report: “Examining How Crisis Standards of Care May Lead to Intersectional Discrimination During COVID-19”
On February 11, 2021, ASAN, as part of a national coalition of civil rights groups and legal scholars, released a new report: “Examining How Crisis…
February 26, 2021
New Easy Read fact sheet on the COVID-19 vaccine!
COVID-19 changed the way we live. We do things differently to stay safe from COVID-19. We stay in our homes a lot. We have to…
February 3, 2021
Congress Abandons Disability Community in COVID Deal
ASAN is furious that, ten months into the pandemic, Congress has yet again failed to provide any emergency funding for the home and community-based services…
December 22, 2020
ASAN Comments on Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
This document can be found as a PDF here. September 4, 2020 Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus National Academies of…
September 8, 2020
COVID-19 Hotspots Crisis Standard of Care Plans Challenged
COVID-19 Hotspots Arizona and Texas Crisis Standard of Care Plans Challenged by State and National Groups in Federal Complaints This document is available as a…
July 22, 2020
Action Alert: Disability Policy Call-ins on COVID Relief and Police Violence
Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are still struggling to build a world in which all people with disabilities…
July 6, 2020
Medical Rationing Complaint Filed by ASAN and Partners Resolved
This statement is available as a PDF here. RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT RAISES THE BAR IN PROHIBITING MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES…
June 26, 2020
UPDATE: Fighting For The Disability Community During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat, not only to our health, but also to the services and supports that people with disabilities depend on….
May 5, 2020
Track COVID-19 outbreaks in institutions with our new tool
It’s critical that we understand how many people we are losing as COVID-19 spreads through institutions — but some states aren’t reporting numbers of COVID-19…
April 30, 2020