DRP letter, with The Arc Pennsylvania, to Governor Wolf, Secretary of Health, and Secretary of Human Services, identifying concerns regarding implementation of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccination plan (January 19, 2021)
DRP letter to Governor Wolf, Secretary of Health, and Secretary of Human Services, identifying concerns regarding Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Interim Vaccination Plan Version 2.0 (December 11, 2020)
DRP letter to Philadelphia Mayor Kenney and Health Commissioner, identifying concerns regarding Philadelphia’s COVID-19 vaccination plan (March 29, 2021)
DRP signed onto a letter from Center for Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) to the Pennsylvania Secretaries of Health, Human Services, and Aging, making recommendations regarding COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities (March 8, 2021)
DRP signed onto a letter from the Intellectual Disability and Autism Services Coalition of Pennsylvania to Governor Wolf and other state officials, advocating for prioritization of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) in Phase 1A of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 vaccination plan (March 12, 2021)
DRP, together with other disability advocacy organizations from across the state, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights challenging Pennsylvania’s guidelines for rationing of health care in the event that the COVID-19 pandemic leads to a shortage of health care resources. Pennsylvania’s rationing scheme, which was developed without any input from the disability community, discriminates against and jeopardizes the lives of people with disabilities. (April 3, 2020)
DRP Joint Position Statement on the Right to Equal Access to Medical Treatment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
DRP signed on to letter to PA Department of Human Services (DHS) from Community Legal Services (CLS) and other advocacy organizations urging a moratorium on all benefit terminations (March 16, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to PA Department of Human Services (DHS) from Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) and other advocacy organizations urging a moratorium on all service denials and all Medicaid benefit terminations (March 17, 2020)
DRP letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation regarding the needs of the disability community related to COVID-19 (March 23, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to Governor Wolf and the Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Education from Education Law Center (ELC) and other advocacy organizations urging that appropriate educational supports and services be provided to children with disabilities and others (March 23, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to PA Department of Human Services (DHS) from Imagine Different Coalition and other advocacy organizations urging strategies for promoting well-supported and safe family life for children with medical complexity (March 24, 2020)
DRP letter joined by 36 organizations to Governor Wolf and Secretaries Levine (Department of Health), Miller (Department of Human Services) and Torres (Department of Aging) urging a policy to ensure that rationing of medical treatment and supplies does not discriminate against people with disabilities (March 27, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to Philadelphia judges, Mayor Kenney, and Philadelphia City Council from Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) and other advocacy organizations urging immediate action to protect Philadelphia’s youth in confinement from COVID-19 (April 2, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to the Secretary of PA Department of Health from Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) and other advocacy organizations urging a moratorium on involuntary discharges of nursing facility residents (April 13, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to Governor Wolf from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Foster Care Alumni of America urging action to meet the health and safety needs of older youth in the foster care system and youth who are aging out (April 16, 2020)
DRP, together with other disability advocacy organizations, wrote to Governor Wolf requesting a release of names, numbers of COVID-19 infections of residents and staff, and the number of deaths from COVID-19 in long term care facilities in Pennsylvania (April 21, 2020)
DRP signed on to letter to Governor Wolf from the Center for Interests and Rights of the Elderly (CARIE) and Community Legal Services (CLS) urging targeted response to COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (April 24, 2020)
DRP signed onto letter to PA Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) from advocates and providers requesting that brain injury services providers be designated as Life Sustaning (April 29, 2020)