They must be prioritised, and protected The covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on people with learning disabilities across the world. The linked paper by the OpenSAFELY collaborative led by Williamson and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj.n1592) makes an important contrib...
PwDs represent a diverse group with varying needs in responding to COVID-19 pandemic. Data on who is at greatest risk of infection will help us better anticipate and meet the needs of PwDs. From what we know about other respiratory infections, people withintellectual disabilitiesand children wi...
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 m...
Discrimination is an age-old'illness'irrespective of its context.Stigma is a common factor that has been associated with disability and coronavirus disease 2019.The public health impact of stigma on differently-abled people during this pandemic is not known and it is a poorly investigated and negle...
2.2. The travel behavior of people with disabilities and social exclusion Traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic may be particularly challenging for people with disabilities who use personal vehicles less and rely on public and shared transportation services more than the rest of the U.S. population...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the most pressing issue we now face and has had major implications on the way we all live our lives. There are clearly specific issues faced by people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and many of these have been ...
In fact, there have been over 19,000 COVID-19 vizzes published to Tableau Public since January 1st, 2020. However, a consistent challenge I’ve seen is that a lot of these dashboards have major accessibility issues that prevent people with disabilities from getting the data and insigh...
On the same day that OSERS issued its Q and A on the IDEA and COVIDOCR issued the following 9 page Q and A on Section 504 In the Q and A OCR reinforces its position that districts are as responsible for ensuring children with disabilities receive FAPE as they were before COVID 19,...
They do not attempt to examine the impacts of COVID-19 (and the associated public health policies) on the approaches that people take towards satisfying their mobility needs – defined in this study as a modality profile. In this study, modality profiles are characterized by the mode (or ...
However, the royal commissioners said no government should lift restrictions until 100 percent of people with disabilities and disability support workers are inoculated. "Without that opportunity, they face significant risks to their health if they contract COVID-19," the report said. ...