Creating an Accessible Vaccine Experience for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

Posted April 19, 2021 by Beth in ,

If you are thinking of hosting or are already a vaccination site, view the handouts below for some tips and resources on making the vaccination process a more comfortable and accessible experience for people with disabilities and older adults.  It has a list of examples on how to provide reasonable accommodations and they are categorized by accessibility, communication and scheduling appointments.

Accessible Vaccine Fact Sheet (PDF)

Accessible Vaccine Fact Sheet (MS Word)

Beth

Beth has been with RCIL since 2007 and is the Information and Outreach Coordinator in our Osage City office. She takes information and referral calls and represents RCIL through community outreach.

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