Disability Rights Ohio (DRO) Advocates for Rapid Inclusion of All Ohioans With Disabilities as State Develops Its COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
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DRO and its partners urge state to allocate vaccine in an equitable manner while ensuring the rights of Ohioans with disabilities are protected
COLUMBUS, Ohio (PRWEB)
December 17, 2020
As the leading non-profit corporation focused on advocating for the human, civil and legal rights of people with disabilities in Ohio, Disability Rights Ohio (DRO) and its partners urge the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to consider its recommendations as it formulates the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. While DRO and its partners is encouraged that Phase 1A of the present plan includes the people with intellectual disabilities, as well as those with mental illness, who live in group homes and the staff there, and patients and staff at psychiatric hospitals and residents and staff of nursing facilities and assisted living facilities and veteran homes, as well as hospital caregivers, it is not enough. A letter from DRO leadership and its partners to ODH Director Stephanie McCloud, recommends that the following should be incorporated into the Plan as well: