Advocates call on state to prioritize the disabled in vaccine rollout

Advocates for people with disabilities are fighting for stronger communication and vaccine availability from a state level.
Author: Chris Latella
Updated: 7:19 PM MST March 4, 2021
ARIZONA, USA — Advocates for those with disabilities expressed their concern and frustration Thursday about the vaccine distribution phases. 
They say their attempts to get the Governor’s Office to recognize the disabled community as a high-need group, have gone unanswered.
For many of those with disabilities, who do not live in nursing or care homes, the wait to get a vaccine is a matter of life and death. 
Louis Hopkins suffers from Myotonic Dystrophy, a genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness, including in respiratory muscles. Hopkins relies on a constant stream of oxygen to survive.

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