This brief describes barriers to and opportunities for telehealth for people with disabilities, as well as potential national and state policies to make telehealth more accessible, functional, and supportive beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report highlights current use of telemental health services (mental health services provided by phone or Internet), specific mental health disorders being reported and treated using telemental services during the pandemic, comorbid mental health concerns among individuals with other disabilities, and accessibility to telemental health services.
Factsheet for providers. Provides options for protecting the emotional safety, privacy and welfare of transition-age youth and young adults while they are participating in virtual mental health care. These were compiled over the course of several conversations with providers currently working with this population, including youth peer support specialists, clinicians, and supervisors. This list is intended as a starting point as services evolve to meet the challenges of this new era.
This article explores how the coronavirus pandemic has undermined equal access to employment and healthcare for Americans who are Deaf, hard of hearing, or DeafBlind as these functions migrate toward telework and telehealth using videoconference platforms. The authors discuss the legal issues as well as remedies for telework and telehealth accessibility. Published in the University of Colorado Law Review
A study funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).