MyCOVIDDisabilityQ question 2

Jennifer Zwicker, CHILD-BRIGHT Health Economics Team Member and Kids Brain Health Network Deputy Chief Scientific Officer:

“Thanks for this important #MyCOVIDDisabilityQ Dora Lee! In Canada youth with disability have a right to equal access to health care services. Ministers @CQualtro and @PattyHajdu provided provincial and territorial ministers of health with this guidance :

https://www.include-me.ca/covid-19/resource/letter-provincial-and-territorial-ministers-minister-qualtrough-and-minister-hajdu.

@ARCHDisability has also put together some helpful advocacy tips to consider: https://archdisabilitylaw.ca/resource/advocacy-toolkit-advocating-for-your-support-person-attendant-or-communication-assistant-to-be-with-you-in-hospital-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.