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Care Rationing Forum: Tuesday, November 16

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Please join us for a Care Rationing Forum. We’ll discuss the impact of COVID care rationing on older people, disabled people, and people of color, and brainstorm how disability advocates around the country can take action.

Tuesday, November 16

  • 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST
  • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. CST
  • 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
  • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. PST

Sign up at https://bit.ly/CareRationingForum.

Speakers:

  • Reyma McCoy McDeid, National Council on Independent Living
  • Mel Leviton, Idaho State Independent Living Council;
  • Silvia Yee, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

Event will include live captioning, ASL and Spanish interpretation. Please make a note of other needed languages or accommodations on the registration form.

This event is part of the Disability Organizers Forum, a project of the National Disability Leadership Alliance. Co-sponsored by Senior & Disability Action.

#DontRationOurCare #NoBodyIsDisposable #EndAbleism #EndAgeism

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