Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month

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SPRING ALLERGY TIP: Keep your windows closed and remove your shoes before entering your home to cut down how much pollen gets inside your home. More pollen allergy tips available at https://ctt.ec/hfwS9+ from @aafanational

An asthma episode, also called an asthma flare-up or asthma attack, can happen any time. Common asthma symptoms are coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing and chest tightness. Mild symptoms may only last a few minutes while more severe asthma symptoms can last hours or days. Learn more about asthma symptoms: https://ctt.ec/NG5bd+ via @AAFANational

Up to 60% of adults and 80% of kids with asthma also have allergies that trigger their asthma also known as allergic asthma. Kids miss more than 13.8 million school days because of asthma. Tools to help manage asthma at school: https://ctt.ec/dlfTu+ via @AAFANational

There is no cure for asthma. The best way to manage asthma is to avoid triggers, take medicine to prevent symptoms and prepare to treat attacks. Learn how with AAFA's ASTHMA Care online course: https://ctt.ec/V46La+ via @AAFANational

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Mark Twain Health Care District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Mark Twain Health Care District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Mark Twain Health Care District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Mark Twain Health Care District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (209) 754-4468.

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