UK: BBC survey: the experiences of disabled people in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic

[Andy]

"How has Covid–19 affected you? @BBCNews wants to hear from deaf & disabled people. What impact has the pandemic had on your health, your disability, your life? Share your experiences with us, it won't take long"

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BBCDisabilityCovid19/

 

[Mij]

The Lancet describes it pretty well

Barriers to inclusion of people with disabilities in the COVID-19 response

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  Failure to ensure safety of people with disabilities in congregate living or health facilities
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  Failure to ensure access for people with disabilities to: food deliveries; internet; COVID-19 testing; and water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities
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  Failure to give relevant people with disabilities or their families or support workers evidence-based priority for COVID-19 vaccination or COVID-19 treatment where required
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  Lack of or inadequate support for people with disabilities living alone or where family members or support workers are self-isolating or affected by COVID-19
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  Unclear public health messaging or lack of accessible messaging
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  Postponement of required medical treatment, including rehabilitation
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  Failure to collect data on disability to allow disaggregation

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00625-5/fulltext

 

[DokaGirl]

At least the BBC survey doesn't harp on and on about one's mental health, such as: "In the last 2 weeks how many times did you feel sad..." Creepy, fake, saccharin, and invasive.

 

[rvallee]

The Lancet describes it pretty well



https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00625-5/fulltext

Bit awkward though that every one of those things is a systemic problem unrelated to Covid. Sure, they are also relevant to Covid, but they are always relevant because those things were already failing and will continue to do so. Disable people constantly scream about this because no one ever listens or does anything about it because that's rocking the boat.

It's weird how that happens, people who point at a specific example of a systemic problem and think they're pretty smart figuring this out, but they always fail to see the huge forest standing right behind this tree they decided to focus on for some reason.

To channel Mitch Hedberg: medicine used to fail at these things, it still fails at these things in the time of Covid, but it used to always fail at these things too.