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“We need to speak up or we will be left behind”: story of a deafblind woman in Massachusetts, United States
Susan is a deafblind woman in her early 30s living in Massachusetts, northeastern United States where it is estimated that the virus has already infected about 13 percent of the state’s 6.9 million residents.
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Indigenous persons with disabilities in Mexico: completely forgotten during the pandemic
Patricia Matias is an indigenous woman from a Zapotec community in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. In an interview with the International Disability Alliance, she told us about additional and inter-sectional barriers indigenous persons with disabilities including women face in Mexico during the pandemic.
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‘I feel forgotten’ - living with chronic illness during Covid19 in the UK
Nearly 800 people across the UK have warned of dangerous cracks in the response to the Covid19 pandemic, which have left them feeling ignored and caused their health and wellbeing to deteriorate.
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How Social Distancing Disproportionally Restricts Persons with Disabilities: A Story From the Netherlands
Lisa is a 65-year old woman with physical disability from the Netherlands who uses a wheelchair for navigation. She now works remotely from home but notices that her quality of work and productivity has decreased. “My house is not that big so my working place is my living room, I can’t concentrate very well”, she says. Lisa lives alone. Although her daughter comes to visit her often, they do not have physical contact and she hardly sees any of her friends. She feels lonely and sad.
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