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Michigan Disability Rights Groups Write To Governor Whitmer Saying They Are “Ignored,” “Discriminated Against” In Emergency COVID-19 Policies.
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The Detroit Free Press (4/27) reports, “Michigan residents with disabilities are at high risk for the coronavirus due to their reliance on others for assistance.” These residents “say they are being ignored or discriminated against in emergency government policies enacted to address the pandemic.” Several “disability rights groups wrote to Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, saying current policies will leave Michigan residents who have disabilities without access to ventilators or other life-sustaining medical treatment, if medical rationing becomes necessary during the pandemic.” The letter said, “Disability is a key social characteristic that cuts across race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, sexual orientation,.
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