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Podcast: Ask Dr. Drew
Episode: Is Long COVID a Disability? Lex Frieden (an ADA author) on Civil Rights in a Pandemic
Description: [Broadcast on 7/27/2022] This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act. Lex Frieden, one of the ADA's architects, joins Ask Dr. Drew LIVE to discuss civil rights and how the ADA protects COVID-19 long-haulers from discrimination in employment, transportation, and equal access.Lex Frieden, MA, LLD (hon) is a professor at UT Health School of Biomedical Informatics and directs the Independent Living Research Utilization program at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research at Memorial Hermann. He is best known as being one of the architects of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA...