In 2011, DREDF received a request from the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), and the office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee to help document disparities in health care that most minorities with disabilities experience.
Data was needed to support the federal Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA), HR 2954, introduced on September 15, 2011. HEAA was introduced by members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus (comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
DREDF's brief, Health and Health Care Disparities Among People with Disabilities, correlates race/ethnicity and disability with specific health issues and describes environmental barriers to care. As its author, DREDF staff attorney Silvia Yee, states, "Aside from the public health issues that most racial/ethnic minorities face, minorities with disabilities experience additional disparities in health, prejudice, discrimination, economic barriers, and difficulties accessing care as a result of their disability—in effect, they face a 'double burden.'"
Read more at the DREDF website HERE.
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