Resources related to the Governor of the State of Montana, Mr. Steve Bullock, executive order declaring a state of emergency to exist within the state of Montana<\/a> related to the communicable disease COVID-19, also known as coronavirus (March 12, 2020).<\/p>\n Updates for Montanans are available through these options:<\/p>\n COVID-19 phone line: 1-888-333-0461<\/p>\n COVID-19 questions for public:\u00a0 covid19info@mt.gov<\/a><\/p>\n COVID-19 Web site:\u00a0 http:\/\/covid19.mt.gov<\/a><\/p>\n To learn what you can do in response to COVID-19, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a>.\u00a0 There is additional information posted for people with disabilities on the CDC COVID-19 disability page<\/a>, as well as information about stress & coping relevant to people with disabilities on the CDC Stress and Coping webpage, under the section: For people at higher risk for serious illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n Green Mountain Self-Advocates [gmsavt.org]<\/a> in Vermont has been doing an awesome job developing plain language materials in collaboration with self-advocates:<\/p>\n Hesperian Health Guides has developed this accessible and clearly written Coronavirus Fact Sheet<\/a>\u00a0now in 13 languages (with more to be released in the next few days).\u00a0 It is available\u00a0now\u00a0in<\/p>\n English<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Spanish<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0French<\/strong><\/a>,Chinese<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Urdu<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Bangla<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Filipino<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Vietnamese<\/strong><\/a>,Bahasa Indonesia<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Farsi<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Sindhi<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Telugu<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0Hindi<\/strong><\/a>on Hesperian Health Guides\u00a0website<\/a>. Fact sheets in Shona, Portuguese, Arabic, and Chichewa are on the way.<\/p>\n In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the aim to support a disability-inclusive response to the crisis, the International Disability Alliance (IDA) has launched a webpage<\/a> <\/strong>to share the most recent updates and resources as they become available.\u00a0\u00a0The webpage<\/strong><\/a> includes IDA\u2019s key recommendations toward a Disability-Inclusive COVID19 Response and as well a compilation\u00a0of useful resources related to COVID-19 and the disability movement.<\/p>\n The recommendations are available on the IDA COVID-19 webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Individuals with updates on how COVID 19 is affecting persons with disabilities in their areas of work, or who want to share any good practices or lessons learnt, please contact IDA inclusive humanitarian adviser Ms Elham Youssefian via emailing eyoussefian@ida-secretariat.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n To help maintain your physical activity levels, consider on-line resources available on the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability<\/a> (NCHPAD) website.\u00a0 Here are examples:\u00a0 An extensive listing of physical activity resources for people with all types of disabilities, several alternatives for activities you can do at home, great demonstrations of how to make necessary accommodations, and how to address barriers of all types.\u00a0 They even have their own \u201cHow To Video Series\u201d (see below) and a new Inclusive Workout From Home Toolkit (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last updated April 9, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Montana Updates and Resources Resources related to the Governor of the State of Montana, Mr. Steve Bullock, executive order declaring a state of emergency to exist within the state of Montana related to the communicable disease COVID-19, also known as coronavirus (March 12, 2020). 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Resources for Seniors and People with Disabilities<\/h2>\n
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NCHPAD How To Video Series– Physical Activity<\/h3>\n
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