[community] Disability Advocacy during the Coronavirus Crisis

Tue Mar 24 12:49:04 UTC 2020

I was forwarded a google doc on health equity resources (mainly Toronto-based). It states it is not an advocacy resource, but at the bottom, there are links to other google docs re: advocacy and resources/readings which might contain news articles on the topic. I've pasted all three links below. 

The first doc notes to consider who you are sharing with because it's a lot of information (so could be overwhelming). I think the nature of this listserv is such that sharing is appropriate, but of course be conscious before passing this on (or opening it yourself) if it might be an overwhelming amount of information for your contacts (or you). 

CMHA Toronto - COVID19 Health Equity Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzgSWCyZd4NyyB4twlu4dj-7H5LbyBHcWnSOWVVpWQM/edit

Collective Care during COVID-19: Advocacy, Resource Redistribution, and Mutual Aid in a Time of Crisis (Toronto): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CpQclOoqNwleQNxkrp3XR6pAaZdGHEzXB5pKbhPqrO4/edit 

COVID-19 Resources: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TKXdQ-SPpxyQSpT4dZs_ndOeiNzVEVhLOnyIWYJ7U1o/edit?fbclid=IwAR3SUy72hhM6ho1hY1hGMD_NOdIp_DasodY7YGxAQyvq1Rpp59LRz3JAaF0

Thanks and have a good day,
Julia
Julia Foster, MScOT, OT Reg. (Ont.)
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I did see something from David Lepovfsky last week, but not much more.
Pina

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Subject: [community] Disability Advocacy during the Coronavirus Crisis

Anyone know who in Canada is doing disability advocacy work during the cirisis, ensuring rights remain protected in a changing context?

Wall Street Journal, Trump and now CNN as I watch it and others are musing out aloud, while others are making more quiet implicit fatalistic calculation of jobs vs lives. Who lives is decided according to some utilitarian calculation of potential long term economic value of a life. In some calculations, the elderly and disabled are accorded a lower value of life.

THESE ARE NOT MY VIEWS, I am raising them as issues being discussed openly in mainstream media. Here is a sample of articles from the UK and the USbelow. Not much to be found from Canada on the topic.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_society_2020_mar_23_uks-2Demergency-2Dcoronavirus-2Dbi&d=DwICAg&c=JZUmuHfvZaOkNOGiUpQbGyGsM8Jf9oFbjpAib-DiM1Q&r=5721HXG-9m2dPCkUUuS-NFaUG3C_0O6kx_7W9Q5erpo&m=IbWx4ZbzaDDRNW-mrCIxHcd03MrMpTwC7kpsFM6bh90&s=JOVCYQ7yn6gve29osGMGEMTJUxJKvuno0zi5V8RR79Q&e=
ll-will-put-vulnerable-at-risk

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2020_03_23_us_coronavirus-2Dwashington-2Dtriage-2Ddisabled&d=DwICAg&c=JZUmuHfvZaOkNOGiUpQbGyGsM8Jf9oFbjpAib-DiM1Q&r=5721HXG-9m2dPCkUUuS-NFaUG3C_0O6kx_7W9Q5erpo&m=IbWx4ZbzaDDRNW-mrCIxHcd03MrMpTwC7kpsFM6bh90&s=wG_6OOk42yCFNpUyFUSPnbgPk6odj9-rB6DnFnhvc0U&e=
-handicapped.html
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Ushnish
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