Posts by Green Mountain Self-Advocates
A Tool to Help Your Group Be More Culturally Competent
Disability groups need to welcome and include all people. This is a tool to help your group be more culturally competent. Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of skills. These skills help your group work effectively with people from any background and who speak any language. Answers to these questions can help groups to learn…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Plain Language Guidance for Employees with Developmental Disabilities
OSHA means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This government office makes rules to keep people safe and healthy at work. OSHA has rules that will protect workers from COVID-19. This booklet uses plain language to describe many of those rules. It includes information and tools to use to make a decision about going out…
Read MoreUna Guía de autodefensa contra COVID-19
El coronavirus o COVID-19 cambiará nuestras vidas en muchos aspectos por un tiempo. A partir del 9 de marzo de 2020, Green Mountain Self-Advocates ha coorganizado 3 reuniones de zoom por semana para y por personas con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo. En respuesta a nuestras conversaciones, hemos creado este paquete informativo sobre el coronavirus…
Read MoreStimulus Checks and Representative Payees: What You Need to Know
Because of the COVID-19 the government sent $1,200 to people all over the country. This money is called a Stimulus check. This video is for people with disabilities who get social security AND you have a payee. Now having a payee means that somebody else gets your social security check for you each month. For…
Read MoreKnow Your Rights: People with Disabilities Can Have a Supporter in the Hospital during COVID-19
Because of COVID-19 or the Coronavirus there are big changes in how hospitals and doctor’s offices work. They are not letting people visit patients. On June 9, 2020, the US Office of Civil Rights made it clear that all hospitals and doctor’s offices must allow patients with disabilities to have a supporter with them. This…
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