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Contributed by Kristen Klepac 

Accidents happen all the time, but you may be surprised to hear that some of the most severe and even fatal accidents happen within the safety of our own homes. 

In fact, preventable home injuries and fatalities have increased by 320% since 1999 according to the CDC. And for those with disabilities, the risk of home hazards causing an accident is further elevated. Disabilities that affect mobility, vision, hearing, communication, or cognition can amplify the threat of certain home hazards.

The 10 most common causes of fatalities and injures in the home are: 

1. Poisonings
2. Falls
3. Choking
4. Drowning
5. Fire
6. Cuts
7. Suffocation
8. Strangulation
9. Carbon Monoxide
10. Burns

Being prepared is one of the most important steps in preventing these types of home accidents. While there are many physical modifications that can be made in the home, proper safety planning and prevention practices can further help you avoid such accidents. 

For those living with a disability or with someone who has a disability, here are some tips for staying safe from the most common home hazards:

• Develop a safety plan, especially for emergency situations like a fire, cut, or burn.
• Consider installing security cameras in your home.
• Regularly test safety home detectors and ensure fire extinguishers are operable. 
• Create rules for the storage of potentially dangerous items related to poisoning dangers, choking, and cuts. This is particularly important for households with children. 

Check out the full Resource Guide to Home Hazards to learn more specific details about preventing each of the most common 10 home hazards to keep you and your loved ones safe.

The Navigator Center helps 18-24 year-old city residents apply to college or begin a new career through the workforce development programs. The center provides guidance for those who graduate from high school and seek career support in the early years of young adulthood. Click here to learn more!

In September 2023, COVID-19 vaccines began being sold in stores. But don’t worry, most people in the U.S. can still get these vaccines for free if they have health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. However, around 25-30 million adults don’t have health insurance, and some people with insurance might have to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine. If this is you, it may be difficult to access the COVID-19 vaccine!

To help, there’s something called the CDC’s Bridge Access Program. It’s like a temporary way to get the COVID-19 vaccine for free. Any adult who is 18 years old or older and doesn’t have health insurance or has insurance that doesn’t cover the vaccine can use this program. The CDC’s Bridge Access Program works with health departments and health centers to give out the vaccine for free. They also have deals with CVS, Walgreens, and eTrueNorth to give out the vaccine at no cost. If you want to find a place to get the vaccine for free through this program, you can go to vaccines.gov.

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New website offers 24/7 search-by-zip code option to find local services and resources

ACL’s Disability Information and Access Line has launched a new tool to help people with disabilities to find local services and resources to support community living. Through DIAL’s new website and its searchable database, users can now find the information they need, at any time of day, every day of the year.

DIAL is a first-of-its-kind contact center, initially established in 2021 as a national hotline to help people with disabilities access COVID-19 vaccinations. Today, DIAL connects people with disabilities to a broad range of services such as housing assistance, accessible transportation, legal assistance, and more to support independent living in the community.

In addition, DIAL continues to be a critical hub for information and resources to support people with disabilities in staying up to date with vaccinations. DIAL trained staff are available to help people: 

• Find local vaccination locations 
• Make vaccination appointments 
• Arrange accessible transportation 
• Order or use free at-home COVID-19 test kits, which are again available through a partnership between the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and the United States Postal Service 

DIAL’s staff are trained to work with people of various communications abilities and will spend as much time as needed to ensure effective communication. DIAL’s Information Specialists can assist people in all languages and are trained to work with callers who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. To connect with a DIAL Information Specialist from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Eastern), Monday–Friday: 

• Call | Text Message | Videophone: 888-677-1199 
• Email: DIAL@usaginganddisability.org 
• Have an online chat with an Information Specialist from DIAL. Start a live chat now! 
• Connect directly to an agent in American Sign Language using ASL Now 

As of September 15, 2023, DIAL had responded to nearly 90,000 calls, emails, texts, and online chats, and contact volume continues to increase as more people become aware of this resource.

Established through a partnership between ACL and the CDC, DIAL is operated as a collaboration between a consortium of organizations serving people with disabilities and USAging. The consortium includes:

• Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL) 
• Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) 
• Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) 
• Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) 
• National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) 
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) 
• National Disabilities Rights Network (NDRN) 
• The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies 

This collaboration benefits from the disability networks’ extensive knowledge and expertise in meeting the needs of people with disabilities across the U.S. and USAging’s decades of experience operating the Eldercare Locator, the only federally funded national information and referral resource that supports consumers across the spectrum of issues affecting older Americans.