S1E14 / Disability Shouldn’t Be A Liability / Maggie Hassan & Rebecca Cokley

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Science, #Coronavirus, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox, Documentary, #Covid19, #Sarscov2, #Eradication, Life Sciences, Society & Culture, #Covid, Medicine

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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"Resources that we've been using as reasonable accommodations are now being taken up by the rest of society due to shelter in place policies, and obviously this is something that's really important to do.” -Rebecca Cokley In today’s episode, co-hosts Ron Klain and Dr. Celine Gounder speak with Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. Senator Hassan discusses her work in the Senate as the senior Democrat on the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight and Emergency Management of the Homeland Security Committee. Senator Hassan also discusses the impact the pandemic has had on her personally, as she tries to keep her family, including her son who has severe cerebral palsy, healthy and safe. This episode also features an interview with Rebecca Cokley, a disability rights activist and Director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Rebecca discusses the challenges this pandemic has presented to persons with disabilities. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	I'm Dr. Saline Gounder. And I'm Ron Kleyn.
0:13.0	And this is epidemic.
0:18.0	Today is Friday, April 24th.
0:21.0	As America approaches its 24th.
0:23.8	As America approaches its 50,000th death due to COVID, we're going to talk about one
0:29.0	group that's been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus, people living with disabilities.
0:35.1	Many services that they rely on, home health workers, pharmacies,
0:40.1	even things like grocery delivery have been stretched to the breaking point by COVID-19.
0:46.2	Today we're going to hear about how Americans with disabilities are finding creative solutions to this problem
0:51.4	and how they are fighting for their rights during this
0:54.4	pandemic. We're going to speak with US Senator Maggie Hassan from New Hampshire.
0:59.0	Senator Hassan has direct experience caring for a loved one with a disability. We'll hear
1:05.2	how that perspective shapes the policies she's fighting for in the Senate through
1:09.6	legislation like the Cares Act. We're also going to hear from Rebecca Coakley.
1:15.0	She's a disability rights activist with the Center for American Progress.
1:19.0	She's going to give us her take on how the coronavirus and the government's response to this are impacting the disability community.
1:26.9	Okay, let's start with our interview with Senator Maggie Hassan.
1:31.1	So today we're pleased to welcome to the podcast Senator Maggie Hassan from
1:35.3	New Hampshire. After serving as governor of New Hampshire for four years,
1:39.2	Senator Hassan was elected to the US Senate in 2016.
1:43.4	Senator Hassan is married and has two adult children.
1:46.8	Senator Hassan, would you mind just sharing a little bit
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