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Talk About Sexual Violence: A Conversation Guide for Health Care Providers
It is critical that healthcare professionals and their patients talk openly about sexual violence and abuse prevention. This guide offers suggestions designed to facilitate conversations about sexual violence and provide patients with a safe environment in which to share their experiences and get the support they need.
Talk About Sexual Violence: A Conversation Guide for Patients With Disabilities
It is important that you talk openly with your medical providers about sexual abuse and abuse prevention. This guide has suggestions to help you share your experiences with medical providers.
Examining How Crisis Standards of Care May Lead to Intersectional Medical Discrimination Against COVID-19 Patients
Historically marginalized populations have experienced and continue to experience discrimination by medical professionals, including pervasive negative biases and inaccurate assumptions about their value, quality of life, capacity to communicate and make decisions, and likelihood of survival. Scarce resources during COVID-19 have exacerbated these biases when deciding who receives treatment. This guide provides an explanation of these “crisis standards of care” and recommended strategies to ensure the non-discriminatory application of crisis standard of care guidelines.
Talk About Sexual Violence Phase 3 Introduction
Now in its third year, the Talk About Sexual Violence project will build on its success by not only preparing health care professionals to have much-needed conversations about sexual violence with people with IDD, but to know how to use a supported decision-making lens that supports victim-centered approaches. This flyer gives an overview of the Phase 3 project focus and related information.
The Arc Maryland v. Baltimore City et al
Temporary Restraining Order on behalf of The Arc Maryland alleging that six jurisdictions in Maryland have failed to include people with IDD in Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in violation of the Maryland state plan and federal law.