Part 3: Sample Advocacy Letter About Patients with Intellectual Disabilities Having a Support Person With Them When in the Hospital
This is a letter was written by self-advocates. Many hospitals are not allowing patients to have visitors. This is because of the Coronavirus emergency. Advocates want to change that rule…
Read MorePart 2: Tips For Working With Support Staff During Covid-19
In March 2020, the Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center held a focus group online with peer leaders from across the country. We talked about issues we are all facing…
Read MorePart 1: Basic Covid-19 Information By And For People With Disabilities
The Coronavirus is a new disease spreading around the world. Part 1 focuses on “need to know” information about the Coronavirus. It is in plain language. Our goal is to…
Read MoreA Self-Advocate’s Guide to COVID-19
The Coronavirus or COVID-19 is changing our lives in many ways for a while. As of March 9, 2020, Green Mountain Self-Advocates has been co-hosting 3 zoom meetings a week…
Read MoreDiabetes – Words To Know in Plain Language
Diabetes – Words To Know People who have diabetes see and hear many words that are hard to understand. Here is a list of some of those words. People with…
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