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CHAPTER D-9
Not All in This Together:
Disability Rights and COVID-19*
Tess Sheldon** and Ravi Malhotra***
Abstract
Persons with disabilities are significantly and disproportionately
impacted by COVID-19. In this paper, we address the accessibility
of emergency preparedness and the failure of governments to con-
sistently include people with disabilities in their response strategies,
even when statutes mandate inclusions and accessibility. In particu-
lar, persons with disabilities have not consistently been included in
COVID-19 communication strategies, and may encounter barriers to
accessing vital information and advice about the pandemic. We also
highlight the implications of the economic marginalization of peo-
ple with disabilities during a pandemic. The economic disruption
caused by COVID-19 particularly undermines the income security
of persons with disabilities. People with disabilities largely live in
poverty and yet their concerns have largely been ignored by pan-
demic stimulus funding. Finally, we explore how institutionaliza-
tion in this brave new world has grave consequences for people with
disabilities. The institutions, where many people with disabilities
* Special thanks to Arfi Hagi-Yusuf (2L Windsor Law) for her expert research
assistance.
** Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor.
*** Full Professor in the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), cross-appointed to
the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa.
VULNERABLE
The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Title
- VULNERABLE
- Subtitle
- The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Authors
- Vanessa MacDonnell
- Jane Philpott
- Sophie Thériault
- Sridhar Venkatapuram
- Publisher
- Ottawa Press
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 9780776636429
- Size
- 15.2 x 22.8 cm
- Pages
- 648
- Categories
- Coronavirus
- International