MASS submitted various letters concerning the crisis standards of care and other concerns related to COVID-19. Here is a letter to Dan Tsai, Assistant Secretary of Mass Health about COVID-19 and Massachusetts residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities in congregate settings.

MASS submitted various letters concerning the crisis standards of care and other concerns related to COVID-19. Here is a letter to the DPH about hospital visitation policies for persons with disabilities.

Kamisha Heriveaux is a self-advocate liaison and editor of The Mass Flash. She is also a wheelchair-bound 26-year-old and was born with Cerebral Palsy.

“I do feel like there are moments I do feel alone, I have my moments” said Heriveaux. “I do everything you can do, I just do it differently and with a wheelchair."

During this pandemic, social distancing has been especially difficult. She was accustomed to her routine.

Heriveaux is earning her GED and wants to go to school for photography.