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HHS Finalizes Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability

(5 days ago) WEBToday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), finalized a rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. This rule, titled Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/01/hhs-finalizes-rule-strengthening-protections-against-disability-discrimination.html

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Widespread bias, discrimination directed toward …

(8 days ago) WEB“Our body of work suggests that physician bias and discriminatory attitudes may contribute to the health disparities that people with disabilities experience,” said corresponding study author Dr. Tara …

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/10/health-care-discrimination-people-with-disabilities/

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Disability HHS.gov

(Just Now) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice jointly published a guidance document on “long COVID” as a …

https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/index.html

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Health Care and the Americans With Disabilities Act

(7 days ago) WEBThe ADA requires that health care entities provide full and equal access for people with disabilities. This can be done through: Reasonable Modifications of Policies, Practices, and Procedures. Adjusting policies, …

https://adata.org/factsheet/health-care-and-ada

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Persons With Disabilities as an Unrecognized Health Disparity

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Disability is an emerging field within public health; people with significant disabilities account for more than 12% of the US population. Disparity status for this group would allow federal and state governments to actively work to reduce inequities. We summarize the evidence and recommend that observed differences are sufficient to

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355692/

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HHS Civil Rights Office Tackles Health Care …

(1 days ago) WEBNew actions from the Office For Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services aim to fight discrimination against people with disabilities who have COVID-19, like being denied …

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/957383814/hhs-civil-rights-office-tackles-health-care-discrimination-of-people-with-disabi

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Disability Inclusion as a Cornerstone for Health Equity

(3 days ago) WEBA disability can be defined as a physical or mental impairment that greatly limits one or more major life activities including eating, breathing, walking, working, or taking care of one’s self. A disability may be genetic, acquired due to an injury or illness, occur at any time across the lifespan, be permanent or temporary, or experienced as

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/disability-inclusion/index.html

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Fact Sheet: Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment

(1 days ago) WEBFact Sheet: Disability Discrimination. Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job …

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/fact-sheet-disability-discrimination

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COVID-19 and Disability-Based Discrimination in Health Care

(6 days ago) WEBDespite forming a significant and growing share of the population, people with disabilities, who can be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, experience significant inequities in health and health care. One of the reasons for these inequities is persistent disability discrimination and negative bias in the provision of medical treatment.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/resources/covid19-disability-discrimination/

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Despite the ADA, equity is still out of reach

(7 days ago) WEBAmong their most far-reaching efforts is their work as part of the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education, a nonprofit dedicated to integrating disability content into health-care training. Though the …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/11/feature-ada

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Introduction to the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA.gov

(Just Now) WEBThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in everyday activities. The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability just as other civil rights laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion.

https://www.ada.gov/topics/intro-to-ada/

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Diversity and Discrimination in Health Care - StatPearls

(5 days ago) WEBDisability-conscious health care is also emerging in the continued movement toward equity in clinical practice. [38] The root cause of discrimination based on race, gender, or other identifying social …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568721/

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Disability doesn’t discriminate: health inequities at the intersection

(4 days ago) WEBObjectives. Given the prevalence of discrimination experienced by racial and ethnic minorities living with disabilities, it is likely that racism experienced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) is compounded by the ableism experienced by people with disabilities, widening disparities in health and healthcare outcomes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357509/

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Perceived Disability-Based Discrimination in Health Care for …

(7 days ago) WEBDiscrimination in health care occurs in 1 out of every 5 patients. 1 Although racial and gender discrimination in health care are important topics of active research, disability-based discrimination in health care is largely overlooked, particularly in children with disability. 2 Disability-based discrimination in health care is complex and may …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/152/1/e2022060975/192154/Perceived-Disability-Based-Discrimination-in

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Disabled people’s experiences of accessing reasonable …

(7 days ago) WEBThe UK Equality Act 2010 requires providers of health services to make changes or ‘reasonable adjustments’ to their practices in order to protect disabled people from discrimination or disadvantage when accessing care. Existing evidence suggests that despite this legislation, health services are not always providing reasonably adjusted …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-018-3757-7

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Disability Discrimination in Health Care and Health Services

(6 days ago) WEBDisability discrimination happens in many contexts, including by health care providers. There are civil rights laws in place to prevent this type of discrimination. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 do several things. They prohibit covered health care, human service

https://www.findlaw.com/civilrights/discrimination/disability-discrimination-in-health-care-and-health-services.html

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Issues People With Disabilities Face in the Healthcare System

(7 days ago) WEBHow to Remove Health Care Barriers for People With Disabilities. People with disabilities may also experience discrimination from healthcare workers and professionals who lack the training to provide proper healthcare to people with disabilities. ASAN works to advance the principles of the disability rights movement in regard to autism

https://onlinenursing.duq.edu/post-master-certificates/disability-health-care-advocacy/

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Disability Discrimination in Healthcare Elevance Health - Anthem

(7 days ago) WEBBarriers to Healthcare. People with disabilities confront many barriers to healthcare; they are four times more likely to report their health as fair or poor compared to people without disabilities (40% v. 10%). A significant part of the problem is lack of access: According to the CDC, one in three people ages 18 to 44 with disabilities did not

https://www.elevancehealth.com/our-approach-to-health/health-equity/impact-of-disability-discrimination-in-healthcare

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'Like She Was Not Even There': Children With Disabilities Face

(9 days ago) WEBTHURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with disabilities are discriminated against in health care settings -- to the detriment of their health, according to their parents. Thirty in

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-06-29/like-she-was-not-even-there-children-with-disabilities-face-discrimination-in-health-care

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Disability discrimination in healthcare services and employment

(1 days ago) WEBSocial Discrimination*. United Kingdom. This article discusses the meaning and philosophical basis of disability discrimination in health care. It focuses on aspects of language that influence discourse about disability and affect the experiences of people with disabilities. Reference is made to the experiences of those who have an autism ….

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26419169/

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Health and Human Services Issues Rule to Prevent Disability …

(3 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a new update to Section 504 regulation to require that web content and mobile applications adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. To do that, its Civil Rights (OCR), finalized a rule that prohibits discrimination based on disability. A final rule is the […]

https://equalentry.com/disability-discrimination-hhs/

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EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor Issue Disability Resource Guide

(6 days ago) WEBThe EEOC and the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) issued the guide to explain the key roles these agencies have in Rehabilitation Act enforcement, outreach, and education. The agencies work together to support and administer key …

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-us-department-labor-issue-disability-resource-guide

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Young Health Care Workers See More Discrimination in the …

(7 days ago) WEBA recent survey of 3,000 health care workers revealed that younger clinicians ages 18–29 — nurses, doctors, dentists, medical assistants, and others — were significantly more likely than older clinicians to report witnessing racial discrimination against patients.The survey reported on health care workers’ observations of …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2024/young-health-care-workers-see-more-discrimination-workplace-leading-added-stress-and

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Disability Discrimination in Health Care - Disability Rights …

(9 days ago) WEBThe third and final lens through which I will view disability discrimination in health care relates to new and existing authority given to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to waive the general Medicaid and Medicare rules. To put it very briefly, beneficiary freedom of choice is a basic Medicaid and Medicare requirement, and it is the

https://dredf.org/public-policy/health-access-to-care-old/disability-discrimination-in-health-care/

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Disability Access Barriers In Pregnancy Care Highlighted In

(1 days ago) WEBThe study leveraged healthcare data on almost 150,000 births to people with disabilities supported with interview insights to examine preconception, pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2024/05/29/disability-access-barriers-in-pregnancy-care-highlighted-in-new-study/

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Ex-Walmart Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claims are Revived

(4 days ago) WEBEx-Walmart Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claims are Revived. A former Walmart Inc. employee is getting a second chance to pursue his allegations that the company illegally fired him due to his eyesight impairment after an appeals panel on Wednesday said that a lower court improperly dismissed the claims. A three-judge panel …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-walmart-workers-disability-discrimination-claims-are-revived

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Disability: Types, Causes, Resources - Health

(1 days ago) WEBDisability and health related conditions. Jung YH, Kang SH, Park EC, Jang SY. Impact of the acceptance of disability on self-esteem among adults with disabilities: A four-year follow-up study. Int

https://www.health.com/disability-8605907

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Federal Register :: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in

(1 days ago) WEBThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is committed to protecting the civil rights of individuals with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504). To implement the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, the

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09237/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-in-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal-financial?trk=public_post_comment-text

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Discrimination in Healthcare Settings is Associated with Disability …

(3 days ago) WEBKEY RESULTS. In all, 12.6 % experienced discrimination infrequently and 5.9 % frequently. Almost one-third of participants (29 %) reporting frequent healthcare discrimination developed new or worsened disability over 4 years, compared to 16.8 % of those who infrequently and 14.7 % of those who never experienced healthcare …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579241/

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Racial health disparities impact mental healthcare access

(7 days ago) WEBThe KFF data also showed that past experiences of discrimination in healthcare have also impacted access to mental healthcare, especially for populations of color. Previous data has shown that Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Asian people report healthcare discrimination at higher rates. This latest KFF …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/news/366586478/Racial-health-disparities-impact-mental-healthcare-access

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Keystone RV Company Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

(2 days ago) WEBKeystone RV Company, a leading manufacturer of towable RVs, has agreed to pay $95,460 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit, the EEOC announced Wednesday. The EEOC claimed Keystone failed to accommodate a former painter when he needed time off to treat a hereditary condition. Such conduct violated …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/keystone-rv-company-settles-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit

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Mental Health at Work U.S. Department of Labor

(Just Now) WEBTools to help communities, employers, and the workforce system support the mental health needs of young people. Policy Brief: Leveraging State Policy to Support Positive Mental Health and Employment for Youth with Marginalized Racial Identities. Policy Brief: Improving Mental Health Service Delivery Including Coordinated Specialty Care for

https://www.dol.gov/general/mental-health-at-work?trk=public_post-text

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Data Dashboards & Reports Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

(2 days ago) WEBHuman Services County Data. In an effort to track outcomes, here are two interactive dashboards that capture county data around mental health and substance abuse programs, and home and community-based service programs for people with intellectual disabilities. View the Mental Health Dashboard. View the Intellectual Disability Dashboard.

https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dhs/resources/data-reports.html

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Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion Traumatic Brain Injury

(3 days ago) WEBTBI is a major cause of death and disability in the United States. Site Index For Everyone. About Mild TBI and Concussion Symptoms Preventing After a Mild TBI or Concussion Health Disparities in TBI TBI Data TBI Facts Comparing Head Impacts See all Health Care Providers. Clinical Guidance Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Management Guideline

https://www.cdc.gov/traumatic-brain-injury/index.html

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Department of Human Services Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

(9 days ago) WEBDepartment of Human Services (DHS) Our vision is that all Pennsylvanians live safe, healthy, and independent lives, free of discrimination and inequity. Apply for Benefits via COMPASS. Other ways to apply.

https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dhs.html

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Washington Healthcare Update • McGuireWoods Consulting

(6 days ago) WEBHHS OCR Final Rule Strengthens Protections Against Disability Discrimination . On May 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights released a final rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and strengthens protections for disabled individuals under Section 504 of the …

https://mwcllc.com/2024/05/28/washington-healthcare-update-may-28/

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Keystone RV Company to Pay Nearly $100,000 in EEOC Disability

(Just Now) WEBINDIANAPOLIS – Goshen, Indiana-based Keystone RV Company, a leading manufacturer of towable RVs, will pay $95,460 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/keystone-rv-company-to-pay-nearly-100-5676140/

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