#current affairs
r/disability - Many disabled people ‘feel overlooked’ as the world adapts to Covid-19
“What we are seeing is that all barriers: discrimination that people with disabilities experience before the lockdown and Covid has been exacerbated.“…
Inclusion London, a group supporting deaf and disability organisations across the capital, found that 60 per cent of disabled people questioned in a survey struggled to access food, medicine and basic necessities during lockdown.
Internationally, a United Nations report revealed that disabled people lack access to essential services and goods, and are ‘the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities.’…
Emina Ćerimović believes not including disability rights organisations in the conversation has further marginalised people with disabilities…
“Unfortunately what we are seeing is that organisations for people with disabilities are not consulted, and their needs and rights are not taken into account.
“Measures that are being taken at the government level, do not respond to the rights and needs of people with disabilities.
“It’s rather a patronising approach where people without disabilities know what’s better for people with disabilities…
“Governments are overwhelmed, other organisations who are trying to provide support are also overwhelmed.
“And for some reason it is always people with disabilities who come last and who are being left behind.
Let’s Talk About… COVID-19 and Beauty in the ChaosWe are living in unprecedented times. Our lives have changed in significant ways and there is no way for us to know the extent it will continue to shift or how long this will last. Hell, we have no idea if things will ever be the same again…and maybe that’s a good thing. As COVID-19 began to unfold we moved from society (a majority, not all)…
