L'Arche USA
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
External Resources Related to COVID-19
General Information
Resources for Those Supporting Persons with Disabilities (PwD)
- Administration for Community Living (ACL) Information for Aging and PwD
- Autism Society COVID-19 Toolkit Wellness, routines, lifestyle, education, public policy
- Corona Virus and People with ID Blog from Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
- Critical Care Communication Chart Free downloadable visual chart for home or hospital
Resources for Core Members and Other Members
- Pictorial Covid-19 Overview and Spanish Version from Green Mountain Self Advocates
- COVID-19 Infographic and Handwashing Video – Special Olympics
- Video Overview on the virus and good practices – Oregon Office of Developmental Disabilities
- Easy Read Health Passport to accompany a PwD to hospital – University of Southern Florida
- Handwashing Rap Can’t Touch This 2-min video from Purple All-Stars
- Beating the Virus – free downloadable pictorial story from Beyond Words (note they have other coronavirus resources for carers; UK authors so be aware of some cultural differences)
Reflection Resources
- Praying the Ignatian Examen for life during COVID-19 – Ignatian Spirituality Network
- Spiritual Practices for the Pandemic – From Spirituality and Practice
- Prayers, Poems, Podcasts and Articles compiled by Catholic Volunteer Network
- Poem Pandemic by Lynn Ungar
- Poem Lockdown by Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM
- #ShelterInPoems – tag search in FB, Instgram, Twitter for poems for these times (Poets.Org)
- Podcast (25 min) from NPR’s Code Switch “When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus”
- A curation of OnBeing Resources: A Listening Care Package for Uncertain Times
- Meditations from Calm
At-home Virtual Activities
- Stay Fit at Home– Special Olympics
- Virtual Museum Visits and Concerts from CNN – plan for it and make it an outing!
- Cool One: Street View of 12 Banksy Murals
- Social Distancing Festival: Clips and livestream performances
- GoNoodle – Flow channel – 4 minute guided mindfulness videos: Mindless to Mindfulness and Weather the Storm. Note: Platform is geared towards kids but films have broader appeal.
- Virtual Sprout Film Festival Sproutflix is a distributor of films featuring people with intellectual disabilities. They are making a series of short films available for free during our “at-home” time.
If you have additional resources or if any of the links above are broken, please email L’Arche USA’s Director of Member Development and Learning, Sharon Ryan at sharon@larcheusa.org