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  • COVID-19 and School Closures: Tips for Parents of Bilingual Children and English Language Learners Receiving Speech-Language Therapy Services

    The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association provides guidance to parents and caregivers of students who are bilingual and/or English language learners to help continue their development.

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  • COVID-19 Communication Rights Toolkit

    A toolkit for patients with the coronavirus who need communication tools and supports due to speech-related disabilities It (1) explains your communication rights, (2) provides tips on advocating for them, and (3) has an accommodation request form you can bring to the hospital.

  • COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program

    The COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program website allows residents served by Cook County Health, Cook County Government and Cook County Public Health to find COVID-19 vaccine information and schedule an appointment all in one place.

    The COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program website also provides information on:

    Vaccine facts
    In-home vaccination
    Updates on the vaccine and the community vaccination program
    The digital COVID-19 E-card

  • COVID-19 Emotional Support Line

    Memorial Behavioral Health has established an emotional support hotline, available at (217) 588-5509, to provide support to individuals who are experiencing anxiety or stress, even if they are not MBH patients. This hotline is operated by trained mental health professionals and is staffed seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

  • COVID-19 Guidance for People Living with Hydrocephalus

    The Hydrocephalus Association provides information and guidance for people living with hydrocephalus.

  • COVID-19 Information in ASL

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a series of YouTube videos on COVID-19 with information in American Sign Language.

  • COVID-19 Long Haulers and the Americans With Disabilities Act

    The U.S. Department of Labor provides a wide variety of resources to help workers, employers, youth and policymakers respond to and recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. Their website includes information on COVID-19 long haulers and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  • COVID-19 Prevention in Schools – IDPH & ISBE Joint Guidance

    The Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education provide information for returning to school including joint guidance for COVID-19 prevention in schools and a decision tree for symptomatic individuals in pre-K, K-12 schools and daycare programs.

  • COVID-19 Resources for People with Disabilities in Marginalized Communities

    The Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition and the Illinois Self-Advocacy Alliance, Inc., developed this centralized list of resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in marginalized communities.

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  • COVID-19 Resources for People With Disabilities, Families and Service Providers

    The Arc has compiled resources to help people with intellectual and /or developmental disabilities (I/DD), their families, and service providers to understand this global pandemic.