See the following links for resources to help you and your patients with issues related to the Coronavirus pandemic.

• Types of Health Care Discrimination and Possible Discrimination Remedies
• Disability Rights Tennessee Hospital Visitor Policy Tip Sheet, with links to various hospitals’ policies on visitors and support persons
• COVID-19 Factsheet for People with Disabilities
• Intubation Prep Social Story
• Extubation Prep Social Story
• COVID-19 Health Care Support Needs for People with Disabilities-Easy Read Version
• COVID-19 Health Care Support Needs for People with Disabilities
• Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities COVID-19 Symptom Visual Checklist
• Disability Rights Tennessee—Your Rights to Healthcare Under the Law
• Disability COVID-19 Healthcare Support Advocacy Hotline (800) 626-4959
• Fact Sheet on Safeguarding Against Disability Discrimination During COVID-19
• Accompanying an Individual with Intellectual or Developmental Disability (IDD) in the Hospital During the COVID-19 Crisis
• Guidance for States and Health Care Providers on Avoiding Disability-Related Based Discrimination
• Q & A on COVID-19 and Down Syndrome Short Version
• Q & A on COVID-19 and Down Syndrome Expanded Version
• The American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry’s information for health care professionals
• Carol Gray Social Story about Pandemics
• CDC Hand-washing Video
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center “Community Participation is Limited” Visual Support
• Green Mountain Info By and For People with Disabilities
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center “Washing Your Hands” Visual Support
• Oregon Disabilities Video
• Social Distancing Story
• COVID-19 Testing: What to Expect [Video], featuring a school-age girl
• A Guide to COVID-19 Vaccines [PDF], plain language
• Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccines-Dec. 2020 [PDF]
• Social Story About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine [PDF]
• Common Questions about the COVID-19 Vaccine- Plain language version [PDF]

All Accessed July 2021.