Seena Skelton - Dis/ability and Communities of Color During a Pandemic

Seena Skelton - Dis/ability and Communities of Color During a Pandemic

Health

Disability Rights Movement

Physical Disability

"I was very strategic about making sure that when I got the vaccine I went to a location that was situated in a suburban, majority white community." Seena Skelton, Director of Operations, Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center, was interviewed two years after the COVID-19 pandemic's onset. Dr. Skelton discusses her decision-making process about whether and how she would obtain the COVID-19 vaccine. She shares her concerns about the availability of services and treatment in communities of color during the pandemic. Her misgivings, she says, "had a lot to do with the history of medicine and science with people of color." As a person with a dis/ability (as she identifies herself), she also expresses a lack of confidence that she will receive appropriate medical treatment in hospital settings.

Indiana Disability History Project

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

2022-04-12

Seena M. Skelton, interviewee

Jane Harlan-Simmons, interviewer

Peggy Holtz, videographer/editor

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"Seena Skelton - Dis/ability and Communities of Color During a Pandemic ," YouTube video, 00:04:27, from an interview by the Indiana Disability History Project on April 04, 2022, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on September 29, 2022 https://youtu.be/oWNUuklVdt4

Indiana, Marion County

2020-22