COVID-19DisabilitiesImpactRapid reviewRehabilitationBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic changes in the lives of the general population. People with physical disabilities, who commonly encounter daily challenges such as barriers to community mobility, reduced access to healthcare services and ...
People with disabilities and chronic health conditions rely on a range of services and supports to complete daily tasks, maintain health, and participate in the community. Preliminary research suggests the COVID-19 pandemic greatly disrupted these services and this population may be particularly suscepti...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities were at a higher risk of lower psychosocial well-being than people without disabilities. It is, therefore, of great importance to investigate whether the pandemic has exacerbated this difference. Objective...
Most doctors and nurses know littleabout the complexitiesof treating people with intellectual disabilities, many of whom also have complicated medical frailties. Overwhelmed, overworked, and exhausted medical providers may not be able to take the time to learn how to care for patients such as my...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), write the directors of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRC) Network, a nationwide group funded
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of our daily lives, but its impacts are especially acute for people living with disabilities, who may struggle with challenges like finding reliable and safe in-home care or physically adapting to enhanced
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unpredictable and fast-paced changes to society, which have disproportionately impacted communities of children and young people with SEND as they are known to be more vulnerable and resistant to environmental change and disruptions to routines (Baweja et al.,2021...
This study seeks to examine the relationship between COVID-19 vulnerability and disability status in the U.S. by investigating whether vulnerability to the pandemic is significantly greater in counties containing higher percentages of people with disabilities (PwDs) and those reporting specific types of...
But I want to dispel the notion that it is something about people with disabilities that puts them at increased risk.We know from researchthat certainhealth conditionsmore common in disabled adults make contracting COVID-19 more deadly. However, there are also common mistakes made in health care...
People with IDD have also provided support to other people during the lockdown. Abstract Background Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) represent a particularly vulnerable group to the threats posed by COVID-19. However, they have not yet been given a voice on how ...