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VIRUS OUTBREAK DISABILITIES

For millions of disabled people and their families, the coronavirus crisis has piled on new difficulties and ramped up those that already existed.

Rick Bowmer

How COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Disability Community And Responders

How are the needs of people with disabilities and those who care for them being taken into consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Reset talks with two disability advocates to hear about the unique obstacles for the disabled community and what resources are available.

GUESTS: Kira Meskin, community reintegration advocate at the Progress Center For Independent Living; primary leader of the PPE for People with Disabilities Coalition

Laura VanPuymbrouck, assistant professor at Rush University’s Department of Occupational Therapy

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