CP State, Affiliates integral in NYDA COVID-19 Data Project

CP State is collaborating with New York Disability Advocates (NYDA) and Syracuse University on an ongoing project to collect and analyze weekly  COVID-19 data from voluntary I/DD providers, including all Cerebral Palsy of NYS Affiliates throughout the state. This data helps inform our understanding of the risks of COVID-19 for people with I/DD, strengthen our pandemic response, and support our advocacy efforts.

Most recently, the data was used in the Framework for The Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine  by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The I/DD population and the NYDA studies are discussed on pages 120-126.

The published studies, along with media and academic coverage citing the project, can be found below.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PAPERS  

COVID-19 outcomes among people with intellectual and developmental disability living in residential group homes in New York State 
Published in Science Direct Disability and Health Journal – June 2020

COVID-19 Trends Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Living in Residential Group Homes in New York State through July 10, 2020
Published by the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion – September 16, 2020

MEDIA AND ACADEMIC COVERAGE

COVID-19 and People with I/DD Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Framework for The Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (book, pages 120, 126) – November 2020

Developmental Disabilities Heighten Risk of Covid Death
New York Times – November 10, 2020

A Crisis Decades in the Making: Disability Housing Policy and COVID-19
Harvard Political Review – October 11, 2020

As Homes for People With Disabilities Sought to Swiftly Isolate Residents With COVID, State Demanded Days-Long Review
The City – August 5, 2020

COVID-19 may be deadlier for group-home residents
Spectrum News – July 23, 2020

Group Home Residents With Developmental Disabilities More Likely To Die From COVID-19
Disability Scoop – July 13, 2020

Study: People with IDD living in residential group homes more likely to die from COVID-19
News Medical – June 25, 2020

COVID-19 Infections And Deaths Are Higher Among Those With Intellectual Disabilities
NPR – June 9, 2020

People With Developmental Disabilities at Higher Risk for COVID-19
The Mighty – June 9, 2020

JOURNAL CITATIONS 

Benefits, Burden, and COVID-19: A Response to Dutheil et al. (2020)
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders – October 2020

Exploring the experiences of siblings of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research – October 2020

ADA 30 and beyond: The urgent need for intersectional research
Disability and Health Journal – October 2020

Social inequities in the distribution of COVID-19: An intra-categorical analysis of people with disabilities in the U.S.
Disability and Health Journal – September 2020

Coping, fostering resilience, and driving care innovation for autistic people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Molecular Autism – July 2020