Public Health is for Everyone An inclusive planning toolkit for public health professionals

This archived webinar strives to define the three major types of disability, discribe how people with disabilities can be included in the six MAPP phases, and describe three NACCHO and NCHPAD resources that can suppot local public health disability inclusion efforts.

Adults with disabilities living in rural areas typically rely on services that are more informal and less specialized. They must travel farther and pay more for those services, and they tend to receive lower quality care than their urban counterparts. Local health departments play a crucial role in filling resource and service gaps that face rural America. This resources provides five approaches health departments can follow to promote the health and well-being of people with disabilities who live in rural areas.

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) works to promote the highest level of engagement of people with disabilities within all local health department (LHD) programs, products, and services. The establishment of accessible communication practices across all LHD activities is critical in supporting this aim. Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires state and local government agencies to practice “effective communication,” stating “whatever is written or spoken must be as clear and understandable to people with disabilities as it is for people who do not have disabilities.” This fact sheet provides five action steps for LHDs to ensure that accessibility and inclusion are agency-wide priorities when developing and delivering all forms of communication.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued revised ADA regulations under Title III, which covers many types of private businesses, or “places of public accommodation.” Many of these revisions apply to places of lodging, such as new requirements for reservation systems, and revised standards for facility access.

Americans with Disabilities Act National Network 

El Departamento de Justicia (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés) ha emitido regulaciones revisadas de la ADA bajo el Título III, que cubren muchos tipos de empresas privadas o “lugares de alojamientos públicos”. Muchas de estas revisiones se aplican a lugares de alojamiento, tales como los nuevos requisitos para los sistemas de reserva y normas revisadas sobre el acceso a instalaciones.

Americans with Disabilities Act National Network 

There are people in Puerto Rico who, because of a disability, the state of their health, or because they are taking care of a person who requires supervision or has a disability, cannot physically go to a clinical laboratory to get tested for COVID-19. Because of the close contact for supervising and supporting the daily tasks of these populations, it is difficult for these families to implement the appropriate isolation at home. For this reason, we recommend performing the test at home through the services of a clinical laboratory. It is also crucial that a doctor provides the order or referral for taking the sample for the COVID-19 test of all the household members who live with the person with disabilities.

FEMA is committed to working with public, private and non-profit organizations to build a culture of preparedness and ready the Nation for catastrophic events in a manner that includes and meets the needs of people with disabilities. This document contains the contact list of regional disability integration specialists addressing emergency response in multiple regions.

Drive-thru medical sites are one way that hospitals and health departments provide intermittent medical services (such as administering the flu vaccine) with greater ease and/or safety for their patients. Typically consisting of pop-up tents and traffic cones, these temporary sites may be located in a parking lot at the hospital or a retail store or in a state fairground.

Whether these drive-thru medical services are funded and/or operated by the state, county, or city or a private business, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that the services are accessible to people with disabilities. This fact sheet lists considerations and strategies to promote accessibility at drive-thru medical sites, including those sites where patients may be asked to exit their vehicles.

The Northwest ADA Center

We serve a diverse population, including people with different educational, work, and life experiences. Using plain language simplifies words, making them clear to the reader, no matter their background.The National Center for Education Statistics reports about 1 in 5 adults cannot read a newspaper. This resource provides information on writing in plain language.

Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky

Please answer the questions on this form to help physicians provide you with proper medical treatment, in case you need to go to the hospital for COVID-19 related symptoms. Complete as many of the questions as possible.