'Vulnerable' or Systematically Excluded? The Impact of Covid-19 on Disabled People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
| Autor: | Kubenz, Vera, Kiwan, Dina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Social problems and services Social sciences sociology anthropology Covid-19 pandemic Global South disabled people low- and middle-income countries soziale Probleme Sozialpolitik Social Problems Social Policy Entwicklungsland Schwellenland Gemeinschaft Entwicklung Behinderter Behinderung Ökonomie Bildung Gesundheit Epidemie soziale Ungleichheit Benachteiligung Diskriminierung developing country newly industrializing countries community development handicapped disability economy education health epidemic social inequality deprivation discrimination |
| Zdroj: | Social Inclusion, 11, 1, 26-37, Disability and Social Inclusion: Lessons From the Pandemic |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 2183-2803 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/si.v11i1.5671 |
| Popis: | The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected disabled people across the globe. This review article maps the impact of the pandemic on disabled people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS) during the first ten months of the pandemic, based on a semi-systematic review of 113 articles of empirical and "grey" literature. We highlight the multiple exclusions faced by disabled people across the sectors of health, education, economy, community, and pandemic management. Following this, we discuss the broader issues arising from the literature, including the systematic de-prioritisation of disabled people in emergency planning, the ongoing framing of disability as a medical rather than a social or human rights issue, a recognition of how the complexity of societal structures creates systematic disadvantage, and local, national, and global policymakers' lack of engagement with disabled people during pandemic management. We identify the need for both stronger quantitative evidence on disability in LMICs to inform planning and policy processes, and the need for equitable collaboration with disabled people from LMICs across research, policy, and development programming, in the spirit of "Nothing About Us Without Us." |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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