Support groups, local organizing, online communities, and healthcare providers
Find a group by location
COVID Action Map: Searchable international map for finding advocacy groups near you.
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory: List of active Mask Blocs around the world. Blocs provide masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment to their communities for free. Don’t see one near you? Here are some tips on how to start one.
COVID Advocacy Groups Directory in US and Canada: Spreadsheet with groups sorted into various tabs. Hosted by COVID Advocacy Initiative and COVID Safe Campus.
Online groups & discussion boards
Facebook and Reddit have many groups related to COVID and Long COVID and associated diseases. Tip: Search for keywords like covid, longhauler, etc. Some groups are online only, some are hybrid, and some are location specific.
Discord has many groups including:
• COVID Solidarity: A social, still-coviding discord.
• COVID Study Library: This community is intended intended solely for gathering information about COVID (not a social space).
• Digital Disableds: A small, but growing and fairly active and supportive server specifically for those who identify as disabled and are shielding/self-isolating due to COVID etc.
• Pandemic! At the Discord! Active community of mostly disabled (including LC) individuals, many still still self-isolating, and generally dedicated to covid-aware behavior and mutual support.
Support & affinity groups
Community Care Clinics for Disabled and Chronically Ill Movement Folks, an ongoing community care peer support space aimed at expanding possibilities around how we live and work as disabled and chronically ill people. Hosted by PeoplesHub.
Find a provider
COVID-Safe Provider Database: Search for local providers, or add one that you recommend. Hosted by World Health Network.
Global Directory of ME-informed Providers: Crowd-sourced resource that includes ME specialists, practitioner allies, and ME-friendly practitioners.
Global Directory of Providers Experienced with Autonomia Disorders: List and interactive map by Dysautonomia International.
Related resources & learning
“How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Resource page: longcovidjustice.org/resources