There are a lot of problems when it comes to people with disabilities navigation information around the pandemic. here are some resources about how people with learning disabilities and the pandemic.
Links about the problem
- Disability, Health Equity & COVID-19 (NIHCM Foundation).
- “People with disabilities have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic as they face a greater risk of poor health outcomes, reduced access to routine services and care, and adverse social outcomes.”
- Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Status, Intent, and Perceived Access… (CDC.gov)
- “… compared with adults without a disability, those with a disability had a lower likelihood of having received COVID-19 vaccination, despite being less likely to report hesitancy about getting vaccinated.”
- People with schizophrenia five times more likely to die from Covid-19 (University of Manchester).
- “People with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are five times more likely to die from Covid-19 [sic] and three times more likely to be hospitalised…”.
- Adults with Down Syndrome are 10x more likely to die from COVID-19 (Minnesota Health Dept).
- “Researchers found that individuals with Down syndrome were almost five times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID and at 10 times higher risk of death from the disease.”
- Blog post by a man with Down Syndrome about COVID-19 fear and concerns (Justin Smith).
- “I think that it terrifies me that I could be one of the worst hit by COVID-19, but what you gonna do?”
- Why can inequalities appear in digital accessibility? (Gareth Ford Williams).
- “The world is full of questionable design outcomes due to unconscious biases, political agendas or a lack of empathy.”
- Accessibility of COVID-19 Vaccine Pages and Barriers to Individuals with Disabilities (WebAIM)
- “All but 13 of the 94 pages tested had detectable accessibility issues.”
- Blind Users Struggle with State Coronavirus Websites (The Markup).
- “… a software developer who uses a screen reader, said that he couldn’t identify the search button on the coronavirus website for his state, Massachusetts.”
- The WebAIM Million – An annual accessibility analysis of the top 1,000,000 home pages
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