Watch videos to learn what people with disabilities and those in their lives have to say about getting vaccinated. These videos have the captions available in English and Spanish. (Puedes leer las introducciones en español en esta página.) Visit the ASL vaccination video page to view picture in picture with ASL interpreter.
“I didn't lose my life, but I lost my quality of life.” In this video, Krista shares her experience with living with long haul COVID. She now lives with her parents because she is unable to care for herself. Krista worries people are no longer concerned about COVID. She warns, “It still exists. It can still kill people. It can still ruin people's lives, and you still need to get vaccinated for it.”
In this video, Marty discusses why it’s important for her family to stay up to date on vaccinations. “I'm glad that we have tools in our lifetime to help deal with some of these issues and these diseases, and we have tools to fight them.” Her advice to others is to talk to a trusted medical professional if they have questions about vaccines.
In this video, Emily, Krista, Amy, and Kristina talk about how it was important for them to get the COVID-19 vaccine because of health conditions (diabetes, multiple sclerosis, asthma) that put them in the high-risk category. In addition to protecting their own health, they wanted to protect family, friends, and coworkers. As Krista says, “I was proud I got it because I wanted to do something for my family, not just for myself but for my family and my friends.”
T.J. and Delores discuss why they decided to get vaccinated and boosted. They also share their thoughts on why people in marginalized communities may elect not to get vaccinated. T.J. says, "There's a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the underserved communities. There's a lot of misinformation out there." Delores shares strategies she has used to encourage people to get vaccinated.
T.J. from Illinois and Jeffrey from Michigan talk about why staying up to date with CDC-recommended vaccinations, such asCOVIDD-19 and flu, is important. As T.J. says, “I like to stay on top of my health as much as I can anyway, so that's another personal incentive to stay on top of boosters and checkups and vaccines in general. You know I encourage anybody to try to stay up to date.”
Beth from Illinois talks about why some of the individuals she works with decided to receive the COVID booster. “I'm seeing a lot of my consumers actively wanting boosters because they've been so affected by their long-haul syndrome that they don't ever want COVID again because it's taken away their quality of life."
Kelly is up to date on her COVID-19 vaccines because she wants to reduce her chances of getting seriously ill and to protect those around her. She reminds people the pandemic is not over. “If we’re not diligent now and use the tools that we have available to us, we could end up right back where we were three years ago.”
Chris discusses the long-term effects COVID-19 had on her body. Chris was so concerned about keeping her clients safe during the pandemic she didn’t take the time to get vaccinated. She states it was flawed thinking on her part. Chris hopes that sharing her COVID story will encourage other people to make better decisions about getting vaccinated.
As COVID cases were rising, Teri decided it was time to get her second booster. It had been six months since her last booster, and she was concerned her immunity was waning. Teri describes how easy it was to set up her latest COVID booster.
Ronelle discusses the obstacles Deaf people face in getting vaccinated. She spends time talking with people about the vaccine, encouraging them to get vaccinated. “I suggest to them in order to protect themselves from the virus to go ahead and be vaccinated. It isn't anything to be afraid of.
Teri had fears about getting the vaccine, but she did a lot of research to overcome her fears. Her advice to others is to make sure they get information about the vaccine from respectable medical and state websites. Teri says, "This is about saving lives. Who wouldn’t want to save someone’s life?"
Courtney is immunocompromised and knew it was important to get vaccinated to protect herself from getting seriously ill from COVID. Courtney says the shot was quick and painless. “You get poked and then you can go on and live your everyday life."
Hoosiers with disabilities and family caregivers discuss why it was important to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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