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URL:https://dev.dscc.uic.edu/events/webinar-covid-19-know-your-rights-prep
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SUMMARY:Webinar: "COVID-19:  Know Your Rights & Prepare"
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;\n\nFree webinar for individuals with intellectual and d
 evelopmental disabilities to help ensure they receive appropriate and equi
 table health care during COVID-19.\n\nCOVID-19 poses a significant risk fo
 r people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in 
 residential facilities and group homes\, or even those able to live indepe
 ndently\,\n\nPreparing individuals with IDD for medical treatment\, unders
 tanding the law\, asking for reasonable accommodation and planning for ill
 ness at home are some ways to ensure appropriate and equitable health care
 . The "COVID-19: Know Your Rights &amp\; Prepare" webinar will discuss the
 se ways. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. April 21.\n\nThis presentation 
 will cover:\n\n 	Getting Equitable Health Care is the Law - Federal Law (A
 DA\, Section 504 of Rehab Act) and OCR Bulletin 3-28-20\n 	Reasonable Acco
 mmodations: What You Need to Know\n 	Who to Ask and When\n 	Reasonable Acc
 ommodations to Ask For\n 	Make a Plan for Sickness at Home\n 	Don’t Negl
 ect Mental Well-Being\n\nRegistration is required and can be completed on 
 the event registration website.\n\nPRESENTER:\n\nMelissa L. Desroches\, RN
 \, PhD is a registered nurse and post-doctoral research fellow at Tufts U
 niversity. The mission of her program of research is to improve the health
 \, wellness\, and quality of life of adults with developmental disabilitie
 s by improving developmental disability nursing care. Her current research
  project examines nurses’ attitudes and emotions toward caring for adult
 s with intellectual disabilities in the US. Dr. Desroches earned her PhD i
 n nursing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a Certificate i
 n Disability and Health Policy from Suffolk University in Boston in conjun
 ction with the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LE
 ND) program at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Mass
 achusetts Medical School in Worcester.\n\nPLEASE NOTE:\n\n 	There is no co
 st for these webinars.\n 	CEUs are not offered for these webinars.\n 	For 
 disability accommodations email Jasmina Sisirak (jsisirak@uic.edu) at lea
 st 10 days before the webinars.\n 	Webinars will be recorded and archived
 .\n
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