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One week ago, the City of Detroit took initiative to make people with intellectual and developmental disabilities an immediate and higher priority in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. This updated prioritization has the potential to protect tens of thousands of disabled lives. This is a move in the right direction. 

We are not done. 

With Detroit leading, it’s time for Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties, as well as the State of Michigan, to follow suit. 

Research shows that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are three times more likely to die from COVID-19, and that people with Down syndrome are 10 times more likely, than the rest of the population. Additionally, we’ve learned that people with autism are at a higher risk of dying if they contract COVID-19 and that people with schizophrenia are nearly three times more likely to die of coronavirus infection than people without schizophrenia. Therefore, it’s critical that our leaders immediately prioritize COVID-19 vaccine access to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, chronic illness and disease, and all people with disabilities, before the general public.

Please sign here to let your county leadership, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and our Governor know that you want our community prioritized. If you signed a petition asking for vaccine priority last week, this is new. This Call to Action targets elected officials at the county level. They need to hear from us.

Join with the 33 organizations below by demanding that our disability communities become an immediate & higher priority.

In solidarity,

The DDP Team 



Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living 

Ann Arbor Commission on Disability Issues

Autism Alliance of MI

Collective for Disability Justice

Community Treehouse Center Detroit 

Detroit Disability Power 

Disability Network Oakland & Macomb 

Disability Networks Wayne County

Disability Rights Michigan 

Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Incompass Michigan

I Love You, Lead On Community

JARC 

Michigan Assisted Living Association 

Mental Health Association in Michigan 

Michigan Deaf Association 

Michigan Deaf Health

Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council 

Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute 

Michigan Disability Rights Coalition 

Michigan United Cerebral Palsy

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization

Oakland Provider Alliance

People’s Water Board 

The Arc Dearborn

The Arc Detroit

The Arc Grosse Pointe Harper Woods

The Arc of Macomb County, Inc.

The Arc Michigan 

The Arc of Northwest Wayne County

The Color of Autism 

University of Michigan Graduate Employees’ Organization

Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy