I’m spending my Easter weekend making masks – but I can’t
make enough all by myself, so I hope you’ll take time this Easter
weekend/Passover season to make masks yourself, and send them along to one of
the D.C. agencies whose direct support professionals are in need of a face
covering. This weekend I’ve made my
masks from 100% cotton T-shirts, with a pouch (which already makes two layers) so
a person can add a third layer – can be a paper towel or another layer of cloth:
And yes, I always wash the masks - in hot water - before sending! The current, updated list of providers who need masks is here
on the Quality Trust’s home page, here: https://www.dcqualitytrust.org/.
On another subject, Heidi Case, chair of D.C.’s Multimodal
Accessibility Advisory Council (https://twitter.com/accessibledc),
has shared this information from the National Council on Independent Living and
the Social Security Administration about who gets payments, and how, under the
recent federal stimulus legislation:
And tonight, Heidi’s twice-a-week Disability/Senior Zoom
group will be viewing “Crip Camp” (https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2020/04/08/netflixs-crip-camp-is-for-everyone/#4d502ad77312)
together at 6:00 p.m. If you’re
interested in joining – tonight or another Sunday or Thursday - I’ll put you in
touch with Heidi.
About ten days ago, Alison Whyte, Ricardo Thornton, and I (executive
director, co-chair, and chair of the D.C. Developmental Disabilities Council - https://ddc.dc.gov/) were interviewed over the
phone by a journalist from Vox about how covid-19 is affecting people with
disabilities. Here’s the article: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/6/21200257/disabilities-coronavirus-group-homes-isolation-policy.
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