People With Disabilities in COVID-19: Fixing Our Priorities

Sabatello, Maya; Landes, Scott D.; McDonald, Katherine

doi:10.1080/15265161.2020.1779396

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“…People with visual or hearing impairments also may face infection risk because of a lack of accessible information on preventive measures during the initial stages of the pandemic. [ 16 , 48 , 49 , 50 ] In Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), the situation can be worse [ 49 ]. For instance, an audit of press conferences in LMICs showed that only 65% of countries have used a sign language interpreter, with figures varying from 33% to 88% [ 74 ].…”

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“…Overall, during the first wave of the pandemic, people with disabilities were worse-off compared to their non-disabled peers in terms of risk factors for more severe outcomes and faced an often inaccessible healthcare system with a history of ableism and discrimination against people with disabilities. In particular, there is an absence of consolidated guidelines for emergency responses that are explicitly free of disability stigma or bias [ 50 ].…”

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Health Risks and Consequences of a COVID-19 Infection for People with Disabilities: Scoping Review and Descriptive Thematic Analysis

Kamalakannan

Bhattacharjya

Bogdanova

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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This study aims to synthesize the literature on any disproportionate health risks or consequences of a COVID-19 infection for people with disabilities. Scoping review with a descriptive thematic analysis was carried out. Up to mid-September 2020, seven scientific databases and three preprint servers were searched to identify empirical or perspective papers. Snowballing searches and expert’ consultations also took place. Two independent reviewers were used for the screenings and data extractions. Of 1027 references, 58 were included, 15 of which were empirical articles. The thematic analysis showed that: (1) People with disabilities living in residential or long-term care facilities were more likely to have greater infection rates; (2) Intersecting mediators of greater infection risks were multiple (e.g., lack of accessible information); (3) People with disabilities often face greater health problems when infected; and (4) Unethical disadvantages in the rationing of lifesaving and critical care can be experienced by people with disabilities. Conclusions: Beyond any health-related vulnerabilities (e.g., comorbidity rates), multiple yet modifiable environmental factors can provide disproportionate health risks and consequences of a COVID-19 infection for people with disabilities. Public health and policy measures must prevent or reduce modifiable environmental risks.

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Health Risks and Consequences of a COVID-19 Infection for People with Disabilities: Scoping Review and Descriptive Thematic Analysis

Kamalakannan

Bhattacharjya

Bogdanova

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…It is imperative that COVID-19 data for disabled people are collected and published (McGuire et al, 2020;Reed et al, 2020;Sabatello et al, 2020;United Nations, 2020). Without disability data, health inequities and social injustice are perpetuated (Reed et al, 2020;Sabatello et al, 2020), and disabled people will continue to be excluded from policy decisions which affect their health and well-being (Armitage & Nellums, 2020;Reed et al, 2020;Sabatello et al, 2020;United Nations, 2020). Lamentably, there is a paucity of this type of analysis to date 7 "Precarity is the politically induced condition in which certain populations suffer from failing social and economic networks of support and become differentially exposed to injury, violence and death" (Butler cited in McNeilly, 2015, p.150) (Reed et al, 2020;Sabatello et al, 2020).…”

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“At risk” and “vulnerable”! Reflections on inequities and the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people

Perry

Ingham

Jones

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This professional perspective provides background knowledge and evidence to support reflection on disability outcomes internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Over one billion people live with disability worldwide. Approximately 4.5% of the world's population live with significant difficulties in function, activity, and participation. In Aotearoa New Zealand, approximately 1.1 million (24%) people have a disability, making disability the largest minority group. Yet disabled people face extreme health inequities. These are exacerbated when response planning and service delivery during times of humanitarian emergency, such as COVID-19, fail to include and consider the impact decisions will have for disabled people. Disabled people are more "at risk" of contracting COVID-19, and some disabled people are "at risk" of poorer health outcomes from COVID-19. However, "vulnerability" arises from the continuation and exacerbation of discriminatory policies, including health professionals' conscious and unconscious biases, in times of crisis but also within conventional health service delivery. As part of the health system, it is perhaps timely for physiotherapists to reflect upon their knowledge of the health inequities disabled people experience, and to consider personal and collective bias. There are strategies physiotherapists might adopt to challenge interpersonal, internalised, and institutional bias. These steps will help affirm disability inclusiveness at all levels of the health system and support a human rights expectation that all New Zealanders should have equitable health outcomes.

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“…Gründe hierfür sind die erheblich höhere allgemeine Morbidität sowie verschiedene behinderungsassoziierte Risiken (z.B. bei angeborenen Syndromen) [8,15,16]. Hier wird die große Heterogenität der MmgB deutlich.…”

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Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie

Habermann-Horstmeier

2021

Public Health Forum

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Zusammenfassung Viele Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung sind aufgrund ihrer Wohn- und Betreuungsform sowie von behinderungsassoziierten Faktoren und einer erhöhten Morbidität deutlich stärker von COVID-19 betroffen als die Durchschnittsbevölkerung. Hinzu kommen gesundheitliche Folgen durch einschränkende Maßnahmen der Expositionsprophylaxe zu Beginn der Pandemie. Public-Health-Maßnahmen sind dann wirksam, wenn sie die große Heterogenität und die jeweiligen Lebensbedingungen der Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung berücksichtigen.

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People With Disabilities in COVID-19: Fixing Our Priorities

Cited by 90 publications

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Health Risks and Consequences of a COVID-19 Infection for People with Disabilities: Scoping Review and Descriptive Thematic Analysis

Health Risks and Consequences of a COVID-19 Infection for People with Disabilities: Scoping Review and Descriptive Thematic Analysis

“At risk” and “vulnerable”! Reflections on inequities and the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people

Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie

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