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Let’s Connect: Public Health Emergency Ending – What happens next?

The public health emergency (PHE) ended May 11, 2023. This means changes for people in their benefits, waivers, caregivers, and access to COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatment. The Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will talk about these changes and what they mean for people with disabilities. This event is hosted by the Minnesota Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities (MNCCD), the Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (MCIL), and MDH. ASL interpreting and CART will be provided. Registration is free and open to the public.

Please find the CART in a word document format here: 5.31.2023 Let's Connect- CART

Please find the slide deck in a power point format here: Lets Connect 5.31.23 combined final deck

Agenda:

11:30 – 11:40: Welcome & Introductions (Alicia Munson, Arc MN and Rachel Garaghty, MDH)

11:40 – 12:00: Public Health System and the PHE Unwinding (Chris Elvrum, MDH)

12:00 – 12:20: Human Services and the PHE Unwinding (Dr. Nate Chomilo, DHS)

12:20 – 12:30: Legislative Updates (Alicia Munson, Arc MN)

12:30 – 1:00: Q & A from audience

Long Covid, the ADA, and Employment

https://mcil-mn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/audio-Long-COVID-the-ADA-and-Employment.mp3

Please allow us to share with you the audio file on Long COVID, the ADA, and Employment that can be played in the above audio player.

Presented by Kate Murray and Cindy Tarshish on April 12, 2023.  Please find the PDF containing the slides that can be downloaded in the link below.

Long Covid PDF Slides

Please complete a short survey to help improve and inform future presentations.  Your feedback is valuable!

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Rev UP America – AAPD State Voting Guide for Minnesota

Help links to information on various topics related to voting in Minnesota.

https://www.aapd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/State-Voting-Guide-Minnesota.pdf

Get Out The Vote (GOTV)

Please know that it is no longer an option to mail in your ballot and expect that it will be delivered on time to count based on the ruling by the federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday. Ballots received after 8PM on Election Day will be segregated and a determination of whether those ballots will be counted may be made later.

https://www.startribune.com/post-election-day-ballots-to-be-separated-federal-judges-order/572917391/

Rev UP MN Voting Rights Video

In case you missed the Rev UP MN Voting Rights and Accessibility for People with Disabilities Forum on October 27, below is the video from this event. Thanks to Justin Page of the Minnesota Disability Law Center for sharing his expertise on the laws related to voting affecting the disability community!

https://www.facebook.com/REVUPMN/videos/2780806558912573

Americans with Disabilities Act 30th Anniversary and National Disability Employment Awareness Month’s 75th Anniversary Converge for Virtual Event October 26

#thankstotheada 9-21-20

Seeking Participants for a Study on Changes in Travel Behavior During COVID-19

Seeking Older adults and/or People with Disabilities for Survey on Changes in Travel Behavior During COVID-19

The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access at the University at Buffalo is interested in learning about changes in your travel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey is open to any individuals who are aged 65 and older and/or adults with disabilities. We encourage you to take the survey yourself and share it with your friends, family, and colleagues. The survey will be open until October 15, 2020. As an incentive for taking our survey, you can enter a drawing to win a $50 gift card.

To participate in this research, please click on the following link to access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/covid-travel-change (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fr%2Fcovid-travel-change&data=02%7C01%7Chelpdesk%40mcil-mn.org%7Cf065a6030ca841f33f1008d85990964a%7Cb14070c779da4b7da7ec2ce69238d2f4%7C0%7C0%7C637357824820343634&sdata=8nuB9pOJYHjeO3pvsIRHW5gBuU6sEzF1h1AJlFSMjt0%3D&reserved=0)

If you have any questions regarding this research, please feel free to contact Jimin Choi at (716) 829-5712 or jchoi32@buffalo.edu.

#thankstotheada

This is the Thanks to the ADA Campaign introductory video created by the Great Lakes ADA Center.

Free Zoom Webinar reviewing the Top ILLINOIS ADA Cases – Registration Required – CLE Available

On Wednesday, July 29 from 9:30-11:00, Equip for Equality will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the ADA by reviewing 30 Illinois cases that made a positive impact on the rights of people with disabilities. Registration is expired at this time.

The webinar will be hosted by the Illinois ADA Project and funded by the Great Lakes ADA Center. Equip for Equality attorney Rachel Weisberg and I will be the presenters. Captioning via Streamtext will be available and 1.5 hours of CLE credit will be provided to Illinois attorneys.

The webinar is in conjunction with the Illinois ADA Project’s Top ADA Cases initiative in which a new Illinois ADA case is posted on-line for the 30 days leading up to the ADA’s 30th anniversary. You can view this initiative at: https://www.equipforequality.org/ada-il/30-days-of-ada-cases/ (https://www.equipforequality.org/ada-il/30-days-of-ada-cases/)

We hope you can join us next Wednesday to look back on the Illinois ADA cases that truly made a difference in the lives of people with disabilities in Illinois.

Barry C. Taylor

Equip for Equality

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