Repository of resources on disability inclusion and Covid-19
Introduction
- This document is a repository of resources focusing on Covid-19, disability, mental health, chronic health conditions and related topics curated by the International Disability and Development Consortium Inclusive Health Task Group (IDDC IHTG) and the CORE Group Disability Inclusive Health Technical Advisory Group co-chaired by Alessandra Aresu (Humanity & Inclusion), Leia Isanhart (Catholic Relief Services), Nick Corby (Equal International), Andrea Pregel (Sightsavers).
- Resources included in this list are for information purposes; the inclusion of a resource in this list does not represent an endorsement of its content, language or viewpoint
- The document is regularly updated thanks to the inputs we receive by organizations and individuals working on Covid-19.
- Please contribute to enriching this document by sharing relevant resources on Covid-19 and disability, mental health, chronic health conditions and related topics with Andrea Pregel (apregel@sightsavers.org) and Leia Isanhart (leia.isanhart@crs.org). Thank you!
Last update: 23 April 2020
Upcoming events and engagement opportunities
International Disability Alliance: Disability and Coronavirus: Weekly Briefing - Facebook Live every Monday, 12 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Central European time. International Sign and Speech-to-text will be provided. #COVID19Disability
COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor survey (multiple languages)
Voices
Rooted in Rights: Disabled, Not Disposable - Tinu (video)
Rooted in Rights: Disabled, Not Disposable - Ariel (video)
Dr Jon Rey-Hastie: Covid-19: A plea for our lives (video)
Easy read and plain language
Inclusion Europe: Easy-to-read information about Coronavirus in many languages (including English, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, German, Swedish)
Mencap: Easy read guidance on coronavirus
Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC): Plain language COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities
Chosen Power (People First Hong Kong): COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines (Easy Read)
Coronavirus en pictogramas (Spanish)
Easterseals: My social distancing story
The Autism Educator: What is the coronavirus?
Down’s Syndrome Association UK: Coronavirus. What is it? How to stay safe? Easy read
Down’s Syndrome Association UK: Social distancing. Easy read
Public Health England: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Google: Handwashing Google Doodle (video)
Pessoas com Deficiência e com Doenças Raras e o COVID-19 (Portuguese)
Government of Madhya Pradesh: Information on COVID-19 (video in Hindi)
Jessica Kate Doyle: Ireland Testing Format 2.0 Autism COVID-19 Individual Health Action Plan
Jessica Kate Doyle: Fill-in Version With Spaces For Typing And Images Universal 2.0 Autism COVID-19 Individual Health Action Plan
Jessica Kate Doyle: Incluye Nuevos Partes Para Escribir Y Insertar Imagenes Español 2.0 Formato Autismo Y Covid-19 Plan De Accion Individual De Salud (Spanish)
European Commission: COVID-19: 5 ways to help prevent the spread [video; English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Ελληνικά, Português, Nederlands, Suomi, Svenska, Čeština, Eesti, Latviešu, Lietuvių, Malti, Polski, Slovenčina, български, Hrvatski, Türkçe, English (English subtitle), English (International Sign)]
Bridging the Gap: የኮቪድ 19 መከላለያ መመሪያዎች (Amharic)
Aphasia Friendly: Coronavirus flashcards
Slum and Rural Health Initiative: Stop Covid-19 (simple infographics in over 60 languages, especially from Africa)
Sign languages
NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities: What You Need to Know About Coronavirus (video: American Sign Language - ASL)
Italian Civil Protection Department (Dipartimento Protezione Civile): Daily press conference on Coronavirus (video playlist with interpretation in Italian Sign Language - LIS)
Mill Neck International Facts about COVID-19 in International Sign Language
Swiss Public Health Authorities: Information about the coronavirus (videos in International Sign)
European Federation of the Deaf Youth: Coronavirus - EUDY statement
World Federation of the Deaf: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Rwanda National Union of the Deaf: Statement on compliance with measures to prevent COVID-19 virus transmission by Rwanda Remembers
Info-Coronavirus.be: Videos in French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) (French Belgian Sign Language)
Signes: Informations sur le coronavirus en langue des signes (LSF) (French Sign Language)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): #COVID-19 ASL playlist (American Sign Language)
TV Surdo Moçambique: Saiba como se proteger do coronavirus em LSM (Mozambican Sign Language)
Iraqi Alliance for Disability: مبادرة IADO وبدعم من هيئة الاعلام والاتصالات العراقية لمواجهة فيروس كورونا (Iraqi Sign Language)
TheLVCT: Coronavirus information in Kenyan sign language
WHO: Introduction to COVID-19 video in Indian Sign Language
SignHealth: Coronavirus updates (British Sign Language)
Bridging the Gap: Accessible video to inform about COVID-19 in Paraguay
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo en República Dominicana: Video in Dominican Sign Language
CDC: Video for making cloth face covering (American Sign Language)
Interpreter Now: BSL Covid-19 service (England, Scotland, Wales)
Mental health
WHO: Mental Health Considerations during COVID-19 Outbreak
WHO: Covid-19 and mental health - video Q&A
Mind: Coronavirus and your wellbeing
Mentalhealth.org.uk: Looking after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Coronavirus anxiety: how to cope if you’re feeling anxious about the outbreak
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Coronavirus self-isolation: How to look after your mental health and wellbeing if you’re self-isolating
OCD UK: OCD and Coronavirus
IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty
Mental Health Europe: Coronavirus: 8 ways to look after your mental health
Mental Health Foundation: Looking after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
Anxiety UK: #Coronanxiety Support & Resources
UN / WHO
WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
WHO: Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak (English, French and Spanish)
UN: Global humanitarian response plan Covid-19
UN CRPD Committee: Joint Statement: Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19 by CRPD Chair and the Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility
UN OHCHR: COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities? – UN rights expert - statement by Catalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
WHO, IFRC, OCHA: COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement
WHO: #AskWHO on disability considerations during #COVID19. #coronavirus (video)
UN Women: Paying attention to women’s needs and leadership will strengthen COVID-19 response
Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group - Asia and the Pacific: The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific
UN ESCAP: Ensuring Disability Rights and Inclusion in the Response to Covid-19
UN OHCHR: COVID-19: States should not abuse emergency measures to suppress human rights – UN experts
UN: UN working to ensure vulnerable groups not left behind in COVID-19 response
UNICEF: COVID-19 response: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities (multiple languages)
UN ILO: Persons with disabilities in the COVID19 response
WHO: Q&A on COVID-19, HIV and antiretrovirals
UN OHCHR: No exceptions with COVID-19: “Everyone has the right to life-saving interventions” – UN experts say
UN ILO: Webinar: Disability Inclusion in COVID-19 in the World of Work
UN ILO: COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
UN OHCHR: Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 “rampaging through places of detention” – Bachelet
UNHCR: Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19
UN: UN Secretary-General's Message on World Autism Day
UN: Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19
UN Women: Covid-19 In Latin America And The Caribbean: How To Incorporate Women And Gender Equality In The Management Of The Crisis Response (Spanish, Portuguese, English, French)
UNPRPD: Information on disability inclusion and COVID19
UNFPA: COVID-19: A Gender Lens: Protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and promoting gender equality (multiple languages)
UNESCO: Startling digital divides in distance learning emerge
Governments, multilaterals and service providers
CDC (USA): Covid-19: If You Are at Higher Risk
UK Government: Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK and protecting older people and vulnerable adults
Administration for Community Living: COVID-19: What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know?
NHS England: Responding to COVID-19: Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism
UK government: COVID-19: residential care, supported living and home care guidance
UK Government: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people
UK Government: Get coronavirus support as an extremely vulnerable person
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Covid-19: Rapid guidelines and evidence reviews + update on use with people with disabilities
Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI): Raccomandazioni di etica clinica per l’ammissione a trattamenti intensivi e per la loro sospensione, in condizioni eccezionali di squilibrio tra necessità e risorse disponibili (Italian)
US Department of Education: Questions and answers on providing services to children with disabilities during the Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Disaster Distress Helpline
CDC: Implementation of Mitigation Strategies for Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmission (including annex with list of underlying medical conditions that may increase the risk of serious COVID-19 for individuals of any age)
Skills for Care UK: COVID-19: residential care, supported living and home care guidance
Public Health England: Guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): Bulletin: Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
National Bioethics Committee, Republic of san Marino: Answer to the requested urgent opinion on ethical issues regarding to the use of invasive assisted ventilation in patients all age with serious disabilities in relation to Covid-19 pandemic
UK parliament: Unequal impact: Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics
British Medical Association: COVID-19 – ethical issues. A guidance note
Government of France: Informations Coronavirus (dedicated space for people with disabilities)
Council of Europe: Persons with disabilities must not be left behind in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Australian Disability Royal Commission: Emergency Planning and Response
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): Fundamental rights implications of COVID-19
Non-governmental organisations, research institutions and international networks
International Disability Alliance: COVID 19 and the disability movement
International Disability Alliance: Open letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General and Dr. Tedros’ response
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC): COVID-19 and Disability inclusion
European Disability Forum: Open letter to leaders at the EU and in EU countries: Covid-19 – disability inclusive response
European Disability Forum: Covid-19 resources
Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH): People with disability and Covid-19
Inclusion International: Including Persons with Disabilities in Coronavirus Crisis Action
Mencap: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Asthma UK: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health advice for people with asthma
MacMillan: Advice on coronavirus for people with cancer
UK Cystic Fibrosis Medical Association: UK CF Medical Associations statement on coronavirus
Disability Rights UK: DR UK statement on Coronavirus
Disability Rights UK: Coronavirus resources
CDC: People at Risk for Serious Illness from COVID-19
Disability Debrief: News on coronavirus response
Light for the World: Leaving no one behind during the COVID 19 outbreak
EASPD and European Ageing Network: Ensuring EU Response to COVID-19 tackles threat of social care emergency
European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD): Priorities for EU Response to COVID-19 regarding threat to Social Service provision (NACE Code 87-88)
European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD): The COVID-19 outbreak and Support Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Pandemic preparedness in the workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Help Age: COVID-19: Guidance and advice for older people
Special Olympics: Coronavirus outbreak: what you need to know
Creaky Joints: A Chronic Illness Patient's Guide To Coronavirus
Business Disability Forum UK: Coronavirus and disability: What you need to know
Alzheimer’s Disease International: ADI offers advice and support during COVID-19
ONG Inclusiva: Recommendations for health protection of people with disabilities during outbreaks: lessons learned from the 2019 novel coronavirus
Age International and HelpAge International: Older people and COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings
Bridging the Gap: The impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities
Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response
World Institute on Disability: Recommendations for Immediate COVID-19 Action
Early Childhood Development Action Networks: Early Childhood Focused Covid-19 Resources
University of New South Wales, Sydney - Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN): Position Statement on Access to COVID-19 Prevention, Screening and Treatment of People with Intellectual or Developmental Disability
Independent Living Research Utilization: Resources on Covid-19
Uniting to Combat NTDs: Covid-19: A statement from Uniting to Combat NTDs
Anffas - Associazione Nazionale di Famiglie di Persone con Disabilità Intellettiva e/o Relazionale: Coronavirus: tutte le informative utili (Italian)
Down Syndrome International: Supporting the global community during the Coronavirus crisis
Canadian Association for Community Living: #COVIDdisability: Disability-Related Resources for Families
#MEAction Network: Covid-19 resources for people with ME
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Covid-19 Response package: Letter to the US Congress
Disability Rights Fund: Our Response to the COVID-19 Concerns
Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies: COVID-19 National Disability Rights Call To Action
Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies: The rights and needs of people with disabilities who use personal assistance services and supports throughout Covid-19 planning and response
Human Rights Watch: UK: COVID-19 Law Puts Rights of People with Disabilities at Risk
Human Rights Watch: Protect Rights of People with Disabilities During COVID-19
Human Rights Watch: US Nursing Home Visitor Ban Isolates Seniors
The Missing Billion: Covid-19
Humanity & Inclusion: Including the most vulnerable in the fight against COVID-19
Inclusion Europe: Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
PANPPD, Redesfera, TCI Asia Pacific, ENUSP, CHRUSP & WNUSP: Joint Statement on COVID-19 and Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities (various languages, including International Sign Language)
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB): Accessible Education Resources
Iraqi Alliance for Disability: Video on Coronavirus
United States International Council on Disabilities’ (USICD): Covid-19 resources
The Arc: HHS-OCR Complaints Re COVID-19 Treatment Rationing
Sightsavers: Washing your hands with a prosthetic (video)
European Disability Forum: Updated statement: ethical medical guidelines in Covid-19 – disability inclusive response
Association for the prevention of torture: Covid-19 and persons deprived of liberty - information hub
Associazione Nazionale di Famiglie di Persone con Disabilità Intellettiva e/o Relazionale (ANFFAS): Coronavirus: tutte le informative utili (Italian)
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE): Covid-19 resources
CBM: Disability Inclusive Community Action- COVID-19 Matrix
Gender-based violence area of responsibility helpdesk: Disability Considerations in GBV Programming during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Commonwealth Disabled People's Forum: Principles and Statement to Governments on Disabled People and the impact of Pandemic of COVID-19 Coronavirus
Gallaudet University: Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
Save the Children: 10 Things You Should Know about COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities (English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese)
Save the Children: Covid-19 information and guidance
Save the Children: Tip Sheets for Disability Inclusion During COVID-19
Kupenda and Kuhenza: Coronavirus Guidance for Families Impacted by Disability
Kupenda and Kuhenza: Miongozo ya Coronavirus kwa Familia Zilizoathiriwa na Ulemavu (Swahili)
Autism Europe: The autism community mobilizes itself to face COVID-19
Light For The World: Analysis Of The Un Global Humanitarian Response Plan
European Disability Forum: Message From Ana Peláez Narváez: Women With Disabilities And Covid-19
European Disability Forum: Residential Institutions Are Becoming Hotbeds Of Infection And Abuse – Governments Need To Act Now
World Federation of the Deaf - Letter to the World Health Association: The World Health Organisation’s Provision of Public Health Information in International Sign during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Also available in International Sign
Open letter from disability organisations in Australia
Cermi Mujeres Foundation: Guía De Orientaciones Prácticas De Denuncia De La Violencia De Género Sobre Mujeres Y Niñas Con Discapacidad En La Situación De Emergencia Por El Coronavirus (Spanish)
ONG Inclusiva: First International Survey on People with Disabilities and Covid-19 - First Report
The Albino Foundation Nigeria: Covid 19 Disability Inclusion Emergency Response: By The Albino Foundation, Disability Inclusion Nigeria
Amnesty International: Nigeria: Authorities must uphold human rights in fight to curb COVID-19
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC): Letter to the EU Foreign Affairs Council
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC): IDDC Inclusive Education Task Group response to COVID-19
Human Rights Watch: COVID-19 Poses Extreme Threat to People Shackled in Nigeria
Bridging the Gap: Paraguay launches an accessible communication service to inform about COVID-19
Humanity & Inclusion: HI continues to adapt its work in countries to protect the most vulnerable
World Blind Union: WBU Call to Action -19 Actions for an inclusive Covid-19 response (also available in French and Spanish)
National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU): NUDIPU calls for disability-friendly lockdown measures
World Vision: COVID-19 Aftershocks: Secondary impacts threaten more children's lives than disease itself
World Federation of the Deaflind, European Deafblind Union (EDbU), the African Federation of the Deafblind (AFDB), the Latin American Federation of the Deafblind (FLASC): Recommendations on inclusive policies from the global deafblind community (also available in Spanish)
Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development: Practical tools for a disability inclusive COVID-19 response
APIE, AEDREHC, Istituto Mara Gabrilli: Coronavirus: recommendations for persons with disabilities (Brazilian Portuguese, video with captions and Brazilian Sign Language)
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC): IDDC Inclusive Safeguarding Task Group response to COVID-19
Japan Society For Disability Studies: Statement on COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities
Training / programmes
WHO: WHO online courses on Covid-19 and related topics (multiple languages)
Global Health Living Foundation and Creaky Joints: COVID-19 Support Program for Chronic Disease Patients and Their Families
Lifeology: Coronavirus Center
Research, academic publications, surveys
The Lancet: Mental health care for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 outbreak
The Lancet: Online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 outbreak
The Lancet: Psychological interventions for people affected by the COVID-19 epidemic
The Lancet: Mental health services for older adults in China during the COVID-19 outbreak
The Lancet: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
JAMA Network: Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
BMJ: Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries
The New England Journal of Medicine: The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
Yale Law Journal: May Hospitals Withhold Ventilators from COVID-19 Patients with Pre-Existing Disabilities? Notes on the Law and Ethics of Disability-Based Medical Rationing
The Lancet: The COVID-19 response must be disability inclusive
Journal of Physiotheraphy: Physiotherapy Management for COVID-19 in the Acute Hospital Setting: Recommendations to guide clinical practice
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology: The human rights of children with disabilities during health emergencies: the challenge of COVID‐19
Inclusive Futures / DFID Disability Inclusion Helpdesk: The impacts of COVID-19 on people with disabilities: a rapid review
Flattening Inaccessibility: Flattening the Inaccessibility Curve (study investigating experiences of adults who are blind or have low vision during the COVID-19 pandemic)
Media, articles, blogs
South China Morning post: Left at home for six days: disabled Chinese boy dies after carer dad and brother are quarantined for coronavirus checks
Guardian: Coronavirus hits ill and disabled people hardest, so why is society writing us off?
New York Times: Afraid of Coronavirus? I Know What That Fear Is Like – I live with chronic illness. Here is my advice for keeping calm in a health crisis.
Sydney Morning Herald: Italian doctors propose intensive care age limit to save younger patients
Guardian: Health groups step up UK coronavirus plans to reassure vulnerable
Guardian: Care workers could be redeployed to UK coronavirus hotspots - Officials considering whether to loosen criminal records checks to help fill gaps
Forbes: 5 Things To Know About Coronavirus And People With Disabilities
Metro UK: How to deal with coronavirus panic when you’re experiencing health anxiety
Creaky Joints: I Still Have Complications from the 2009 Swine Flu, So Understand Why Coronavirus Is Worrying People with ‘Underlying Health Conditions
Creaky Joints: ‘I Have Many Reasons to Be Worried About the Coronavirus But No Cares’: A Chronic Illness Patient Speaks Out
Creaky Joints: ‘The Cripples Will Save You’: A Critical Coronavirus Message from a Disability Activist
Creaky Joints: Coronavirus Facts: What You Need to Know If You Have Chronic Illness or Are Immune-Compromised
Independent: Coronavirus: Weakest patients could be denied lifesaving care due to lack of funding for NHS, doctors admit
ABC: How will people with disabilities deal with the COVID-19 lockdown? (audio)
Huffington Post: Protecting Yourself From Coronavirus Is Proving Harder For Disabled People Like Me
Los Angeles Times: The mentally ill. The disabled. The elderly. The coronavirus hit hardest where the frail gathered
Guardian: Anxiety on rise due to coronavirus, say mental health charities
Peter Vermeulen blog: Autism and the Corona virus: 20 tips
ProBono Australia: Urgent calls for targeted COVID-19 response for people with disability
Huffington Post: People Most Vulnerable To Coronavirus Are Urging Others To Stay Home. Here’s Why
The Small Places: Coronavirus and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
BBC: Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health
Global Citizen: Coronavirus: Australia's Largest Supermarket Introduces Exclusive Shopping for Elderly and People With Disabilities
Guardian: Australians with disabilities missing out on essential services as Covid-19 crisis escalates
The Atlantic: The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors
The Telegraph: Italians over 80 'will be left to die' as country overwhelmed by coronavirus
Disability Scoop: Coronavirus Brings Added Worries For People With Disabilities
New Mobility: Disability-Specific Recommendations for COVID-19
Guardian: Disabled people cut off from vital supplies due to panic buying
Guardian: Benefits assessment suspension does not go far enough, says charity
BuzzFeed News: The Coronavirus Response Shows How Crucial Accessibility Is
Washington Post: Disabled people have worked remotely for years, and they’ve got advice for you and your bosses
Forbes: 5 Things To Know About Coronavirus And People With Disabilities
Mugambi Paul blog: Will the “Disabled” Kenyans cry foul after being left in Coronavirus conversations?
Mugambi Paul blog: The catastrophe of being Blind and Disabled in the Corona era “Lessons for Policy makers!”
Guardian: People with 'underlying conditions' are being treated as expendable. But our lives matter
BBC: Coronavirus pandemic: Welcome to The Cabin Fever Podcast (podcast)
UN News: Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
ITV: Disabled people 'likely to face harm' from the COVID-19 outbreak
ABC News: The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak leaves people with disabilities among the most at risk
Rooted in Rights: Disabled People Are Not Simply Dispensable During a Pandemic
BBC: Coronavirus: Advice for people with health conditions
Akimbo: Disability, Creativity, and Care in the Time of COVID-19 by Aislinn Thomas
The Telegraph: Revealed: official guidance for doctors to decide which coronavirus patients get critical care
Guardian: UK’s emergency coronavirus bill ‘will put vulnerable at risk’
Doughty Street Chambers: Disability, coronavirus and international human rights
The Conversation: Coronavirus: why prison conditions can be a perfect storm for spreading disease
New York Times: Disabled in the coronavirus crisis: I will not apologize
Civil Society News: Charities urged not to overlook equity and inclusion work during Covid-19 crisis
Creaky Joints: Telehealth for High-Risk, Immunocompromised Patients: How to See Your Doctor Virtually During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Creaky Joints: The 20+ Things That #HighRiskCovid19 Patients Are Completely Tired of Hearing Already
New York Times: How the Coronavirus May Force Doctors to Decide Who Can Live and Who Dies
Indonesia Inside: Pak Jokowi! Disabilitas Rungu Kesulitan Akses Informasi Covid-19 (Indonesian)
USA Today: When schools close or go online, what happens to students with disabilities?
Disability Visibility Project: Disabled Oracles and the Coronavirus
Not Dead Yet: COVID-19 Reveals A Deadly Failure of Priorities
Huff Post: As A Disabled Person, I’m Afraid I May Not Be Deemed Worth Saving From The Coronavirus
npr: U.S. Hospitals Prepare Guidelines For Who Gets Care Amid Coronavirus Surge
The New York Times: The Hardest Questions Doctors May Face: Who Will Be Saved? Who Won’t?
Disability Visibility Project: Disabled Communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic
BBC: Ministers warned coronavirus bill threatens services for disabled people
The New York Times: Africa, Latin America Fragile Targets for Coronavirus Spread
Creaky Joints: Here’s How I’m Adjusting My Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Care Routine for Coronavirus — and It’s Not Easy
Newz Hook: Make coronavirus response disability inclusive: Doctors with Disabilities urge Centre
Discrimination of people with albinism over Covid-19 in Kenya (video with sign language)
HSJ: Government to make emergency changes to Mental Health Act
Stuff: Coronavirus: Lip-reading in masks, cost of protective gear, panic-buying hurting disabled
Spectrum News: How governments should maintain disability services during the pandemic
Disability Insider: Ghana failed to provide coronavirus information in sign language
Scroll.In: Coronavirus: For Persons with Disabilities, avoiding Covid-19 poses special challenges
Phil Star: Social distancing's victims: In a Luzon quarantine, the disabled are mostly forgotten
The Arc: Disability Discrimination Complaint Filed Over COVID-19 Treatment Rationing Plan in Washington State
Seattle Times: People with disabilities would suffer if coronavirus care is rationed, advocates say in civil-rights complaint
The Appeal: The Coronavirus pandemic has brought out society’s alarming disregard for people with disabilities
News 18 India: Centre Directs States to Provide Covid-19 Info to Disabled Persons in Accessible Format
Ed Source: Proposed coronavirus federal aid package could disrupt special education
BBC: Coronavirus: Spanish army finds care home residents 'dead and abandoned'
Mad in America: Joint Statement on COVID-19 and Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities
BBC: Coronavirus: Aylesbury storyteller aids deaf children through Facebook (video)
WXYZ: 3 patients, 3 staff members at state psychiatric hospitals test positive for COVID-19
Manila Bulletin: Filipino Deaf community’s access to information in the time of COVID-19
Independent: Coronavirus: U-turn on critical care advice for NHS amid fears disabled people will be denied treatment
Live Ghana Month: Covid-19 & Disability in Ghana (video)
BuzzFeed News: This Is What It's Like In Coronavirus Isolation If, Like Me, You're Already Struggling With Your Mental Health
Teen Vogue: Disabled People React to Coronavirus Work From Home Accommodations
KTN News Kenya: The deaf community feels left out, desperate for information on Covid-19 updates (video with sign language interpretation)
Independent: How are people who need carers supposed to self-isolate?
Byline Times: Listen to Joey: How the Most Vulnerable Can Show Us the Way in this Crisis
Disability News Service: Coronavirus: Disabled people say ‘shocking’ new laws will strip away rights
Yahoo: If I Get Covid-19 It Might Be Ableism – Not the Virus – That Kills Me
Guardian: My sister has a learning disability and I can’t visit her because of coronavirus
Forbes: Mental Health In The Workplace: Leading In The COVID-19 Context
CBM: Coronavirus and our emotional wellbeing
The Limping Chicken: Jo Wootten: Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf (with BSL videos)
Japan Times: Facing the COVID-19 crisis in Japan with a disability
The Star: Ensure right to education even in crisis
Theirworld: Five things you need to know this week about the coronavirus effect on global education
The Hill: Students with disabilities could lose with COVID-19 stimulus package
AIDRAN: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Blind and Visually Impaired in Indonesia
Red Pepper: The politics of Covid-19: government contempt for disabled people
Inclusive News: COVID-19: NGO initiates provision for sign language interpreters for the Deaf during Presidential Task Force briefings
Lex 18: College student makes masks for the deaf & hard of hearing
Guardian: 'I feel like a sitting duck': how the threat of coronavirus affects our most vulnerable
BBC: Coronavirus: ‘It’s just anxiety, anxiety, anxiety’
BBC: Coronavirus: Special needs parents in 'survival mode' (video)
Creaky Joints: The Myth of ‘Self-Soothing’ During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Psychologist’s Perspective
Creaky Joints: 2 Panic Attacks in 2 Weeks of Self-Quarantine: A Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient’s Coronavirus Anxiety
Peter Vermeulen blog: Autism and the Corona virus: 20 tips
Autistic & Unapologetic: Autism & Covid-19: How to Support Autistic People During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Guardian: UK care home bosses threaten to quit over return of coronavirus patients
Cochrane Today: What it's like being a sign language interpreter during the COVID-19 crisis
European Disability Forum: Opinion Piece By Luisa Fazzi - Disability In The Time Of The Coronavirus: Can I Take My Dog Outside … Oops My Child With Disabilities?
European Disability Forum: Institutionalisation, Welfare and Covid-19
eSights: Help Us Ease the Impact of COVID-19 for People With Visual Impairments
Vice: For People with Disabilities, India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Adds Extra Challenges
ProRepublica: People With Intellectual Disabilities May Be Denied Lifesaving Care Under These Plans as Coronavirus Spreads
BBC: Coronavirus: 'I know my life will not be saved in this pandemic'
News Hook: Disabled healthcare professionals stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight against coronavirus
MedGadget: Clear Face Masks for The Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Dilmurad Yusupov blog: Who are the most vulnerable to the coronavirus?
Rural Water Supply Network: Putting equality, inclusion and rights at the centre of a COVID-19 water, sanitation and hygiene response
KQED: Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands
New China TV: Health workers study sign language to care for deaf COVID-19 patients (video)
Right to Education: Pandemic shakes up world’s education systems
The Daily Star: Their struggle is double
The New York Times: My Life Is More ‘Disposable’ During This Pandemic
Metro: France eases lockdown for autistic people so they can go to ‘reassuring’ places
Rooted in Rights: Deaf People Need Access to Information During Emergencies, Too
Rooted in Rights: Coping with Suicidal Ideation Among the Uncertainty of COVID-19
Qualitative Magazine: Covid-19: NGO provides sign language interpreters for presidential task force briefings
BBC: Coronavirus: 'High risk' list misses off thousands of people
BBC: DJ Ace: High-risk people like me can get coronavirus and be fine
Guardian: Benefit changes leave disabled people facing poverty, charities warn
Vox: I’m disabled and need a ventilator to live. Am I expendable during this pandemic?
Sigma: Advice on sharing accessible content during the Coronavirus pandemic
Creaky Joints: ‘I Was Tested for COVID-19. I Almost Died While Waiting for the Results.’
BBC: Coronavirus: Being blind during the pandemic
The Hindu - Business Line: Covid-19: Implications for the disabled
Vanguard: COVID-19: Protect disabled Nigerians with UN Treaty — Us-Based Pressure Group
TVC News Nigeria: COVID-19: Impact on people with disabilities (video)
Guardian: Welsh surgery apologises over 'do not resuscitate' instruction
Sightsavers: #DisabilityC19 Twitter chat
Modern Ghana: Covid-19: Persons With Disability Cries To Gov’t Over Neglected
International Paralympic Committee: Tokyo 2020 postponement lets Susana Rodriguez focus on doctor role
Tokyo 2020: La postergación de Tokio 2020 permite a Susana Rodríguez centrarse en su rol como médica (Spanish)
Guardian: NHS staff to be offered mental health support for Covid-19 'shell shock'
The Hill: People with disabilities are the forgotten vulnerable community in the age of COVID-19
Civil Society News: Sue Ryder warns it may be forced to close hospices
Civil Society News: Cancer Research UK cuts research funding by £44m, which could set it back ‘for years’
Al Jazeera: What COVID-19 reveals about educational inequality in Ghana
CBC: When you say 'only the vulnerable are at risk,' know that your 'only' is my everything
Social Development Direct: Why people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 (also available in audio format)
Social Development Direct: Recommendations for a disability-inclusive response to COVID-19 (also available in audio format)
Watchdog Uganda: List: 7 barriers People with Disabilities face as government manages COVID-19 response in Uganda
Creaky Joints: ‘If I Can Get COVID-19 and Survive, You Can Too’: A Health Care Worker with Rheumatoid Arthritis Speaks Out
Metro: I’m a key worker who needs to commute – but my disability means people don’t believe me
CNN: Coping with disease and disability in the time of coronavirus
Zodiak Malawi: COVID-19 Containment Measures Not Inclusive - AFDB
BBC: Coronavirus: Older people being 'airbrushed' out of virus figures
Guardian: Two of UK's largest care home providers report 521 coronavirus deaths
Devex: Opinion: We need to change the language around COVID-19
Daily Hunt: How coronavirus crisis has made it difficult for people with disability to cope with daily tasks
Sigma: Advice on sharing accessible content during the Coronavirus pandemic
Global Disability Innovation Hub: Opportunities and challenges for disability inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bioethics: COVID-19 Triage and Disability: What NOT To Do
Dilmurad Yusupov blog: How covid-19 quarantine is affecting disabled people in Uzbekistan?
New Age Bangladesh: Coronavirus pandemic and leaving no one behind
Heriot Watt University: ‘Nobody has asked what would help me work effectively and comfortably at home…’
Disability News Service: Coronavirus: Supermarkets face mass legal action over ‘discrimination’
Khmer Times: COVID-19 remote learning hurdles for students with disabilities
Flavors of Diaspora: Disability and Cooking in the Time of Coronavirus
Al Jazeera: How is the coronavirus impacting people with disabilities?
Lokantar: COVID-19 and disability inclusive disaster risk management in Nepal
Channel 4: UK’s deaf and blind communities demand action over lack of coronavirus help (video)
Guardian: How home working leaves deaf people out of the loop during coronavirus
Webinars
International Disability Alliance: Disability and Coronavirus: Weekly Briefing - Facebook Live every Monday, 12 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Central European time. International Sign and Speech-to-text will be provided. #COVID19Disability
International Disability Alliance and European Disability Forum: Disability and Coronavirus: Discrimination in Urgent Care (Facebook Live)
Asia Pacific Women with Disabilities United (APWWDU): E-Talk: Response to COVID-19 and Women with Disabilities in Asia and Pacific (Facebook Live)
International Disability Alliance and European Disability Forum: Virtual Event: Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis
UN and WHO: Covid-19 and disability webinar (15 April) at 15:00-16:30 CET (link available soon)
European Association Of Service Providers For Persons With Disabilities (EASPD): EASPD webinars on Covid-19 and disability
World Blind Union: Orientation and mobility, personal safety in time of Covid-19 - Facebook live, Thursday April 16TH at 12 Noon EST
Podcast
Irresistible: Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens
Disability Visibility Project: Coronavirus and Caregiving
The Phil & Simon Show: Vulnerable situation, not vulnerable people
Social media
Twitter: #Coronavirus and the disability community #COVIDー19 #COVID19
Twitter: #HighRiskCovid19 - posts by people with disabilities and people with underlying health conditions
ARISE Hub: Disability and COVID-19 Twitter Chat – #DisabilityC19
Facebook: Deafblind community: COVID-19 resource group