These recommendations on how to provide access to society during the pandemic address issues related to media, official information, services, personnel protection equipment, interpreters, health care, work, and education.
Information about the impact of COVID-19 on medically complex children, including how they might be affected by the virus and preparing for hospitalization.
Este informe de la American Foundation for the Blind analizó el impacto de COVID-19 en los adultos con discapacidad visual en los Estados Unidos al principio de la pandemia de COVID-19. Entre los encuestados había algunas personas con sordoceguera.
From Paths to Literacy, this page has information about how to provide virtual educational services (including information about accessibility), remote activities for students, free tools available during school closures, and information about Coronavirus and COVID-19 geared towards students.
Posts on resources and supports to make instruction accessible for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students on different platforms. Members discuss captioning, interpreting, adding an interpreter window to pre-recorded materials, and more.
Article in print and ASL describing how nationwide guidelines that discourage physical contact and encourage physical distancing have impacted deafblind individuals.
The document, from the Maryland Department of Education, provides guidance to support virtual and/or distance learning during the extended school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report from the American Foundation for the Blind examined the impact of COVID-19 on adults with visual impairments in the United States early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents included some individuals with deafblindness.
Provides information on the impact of COVID-19 on public benefits accessed by individuals with disabilities, including SSI, SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, and unemployment insurance.
Artículo impreso y en ASL que describe cómo las directrices nacionales que desalientan el contacto físico y fomentan el distanciamiento físico han afectado a las personas sordo-ciegas.
Estas recomendaciones sobre cómo facilitar el acceso a la sociedad durante la pandemia abordan cuestiones relacionadas con los medios de comunicación, la información oficial, los servicios, los equipos de protección del personal, los intérpretes, la atención sanitaria, el trabajo y la educación.
This page links to resources on how to ensure online instruction is accessible for deaf/hard of hearing students. There's a great section, called "Your Questions, Answered," that includes practical advice. Two questions are related to deafblindness:
What strategies are available for deafblind students using interpreters remotely?
What accommodations should be considered when a deafblind student’s class is moved online?
Information from the Center for Parent Information and Resources, including educational services guidance, COVID-19 info in other languages, telecommuting technology and tips, home schooling, and coping.