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<Title>The Long Covid Task Force and Student Disability Services</Title>
<Tagline>Read all about it on Inside Higher Ed</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Campus disability support departments want to get the word out about how students may be affected by long COVID.  The Long COVID Task Force work, including the role of UMBC's very own Service Coordinator within Student Disability Services, has created tips and resources to help them navigate college with lingering effects from COVID.</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/10/22/workbook-focuses-supporting-students-long-covid?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&amp;utm_campaign=03676a43e3-DNU_2021_COPY_02&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-03676a43e3-233853693&amp;mc_cid=03676a43e3&amp;mc_eid=6be49f18ad" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn more about the work for Supporting Students with Long COVID with today's lead article from Inside Higher Ed, linked here</a>.  </div><div><br></div><div>The article covers how students working with health care providers may work with departments like <a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Disability Services (link)</a>.  For those new to the process, learn more about <a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/getting-started/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Getting Started with SDS here (link)</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A photo of man getting tested for COVID with a nasal swab by a masked and gloved woman wearing white with a red hijab accompanies this post.  Credit: Jakayla Toney via unsplash.com.</div></div>
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<Summary>Campus disability support departments want to get the word out about how students may be affected by long COVID.  The Long COVID Task Force work, including the role of UMBC's very own Service...</Summary>
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