Mental health and social interactions of older people with physical disabilities in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study

A Steptoe, G Di Gessa - The Lancet Public Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health, psychological wellbeing,
and social interactions. People with physical disabilities might be particularly likely to be …

Do people with disabilities experience disparities in cancer care? A systematic review

I Tosetti, H Kuper - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Over 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the world's population, live with some form of
disability. Recent studies have reported that people with disabilities (PwD) might not be …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the Accessibility of Pedestrian Environments: Critical Reflections on the Role of the Public Sector Equality Duty

A Lawson, M Orchard, I Eskyte, M Campbell - Laws, 2024 - mdpi.com
The British Equality Act 2010's Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) aims to mainstream
equality into the decision-making of public authorities. Although it has generated substantial …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities and implications for health services research

D Goyal, X Hunt, H Kuper… - Journal of health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly constrained health systems worldwide, exposing and
exacerbating multilayered health inequities. People with disabilities, about 16% of the global …

Access to assistive technology during the COVID-19 global pandemic: Voices of users and families

N Layton, D Mont, L Puli, I Calvo, K Shae… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The SARS COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2019 and has impacted people everywhere.
Disparities in impact and outcomes are becoming apparent for individuals and communities …

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to healthcare among people with disabilities: evidence from six low-and middle-income countries

X Hunt, S Hameed, S Tetali, LA Ngoc, J Ganle… - International journal for …, 2023 - Springer
Background The pandemic has placed considerable strain on health systems, especially in
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), leading to reductions in the availability of routine …

Health and healthcare for people with disabilities in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Kavanagh, C Hatton, RJ Stancliffe, Z Aitken… - Disability and Health …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background While emerging evidence shows increased mortality from COVID-19 among
people with disability, evidence regarding whether there are disability-related inequalities in …

[HTML][HTML] Care, comfort, and capacity: The importance of being flexible in research with Disabled and chronically ill people

P Budworth - SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible research approaches, which account for the uncertainties of everyday life, have
long been utilised by Crip Theorists and Critical Disability Scholars. The uptake of such …

Care coordination of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and medical complexity during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Caregiver experiences

G Currie, D Materula, N Gall, G Lachuk… - Child: Care, Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent public health restrictions created
significant challenges for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities with medical …

Invisible disabilities in education and employment

R Kelly, N Mutebi, D Ruttenberg, C Rivas, K Anand… - 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
More than 1 in 5 UK adults are disabled. Disabilities that are not immediately obvious are
known as 'invisible disabilities', such as mental health conditions, neurodivergences and …