Prioritizing The Disability Community In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Advocacy groups like Access Living are working to create equitable access to the vaccine for people with disabilities across Illinois.

By Stephanie Kim
Prioritizing The Disability Community In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Angel Miles, a health policy analyst at Access Living, speaking at a health care rally in Springfield. Courtesy of Access Living
Prioritizing The Disability Community In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Angel Miles, a health policy analyst at Access Living, speaking at a health care rally in Springfield. Courtesy of Access Living

Prioritizing The Disability Community In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Advocacy groups like Access Living are working to create equitable access to the vaccine for people with disabilities across Illinois.

By Stephanie Kim
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One in every five people in Illinois has a disability, and the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting them disproportionately. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are two to three times as likely to die of coronavirus.

Reset checks in with leaders of a Chicago-based disability rights advocacy group about their efforts to prioritize disabled people in the city and state’s vaccine rollout.

GUESTS: Karen Tamley, president and CEO at Access Living

Angel Miles, health and community-based services policy analyst at Access Living

NOTE: You can find a full transcript of this interview here.