The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities: evidence from disability and self-advocates organisations in Europe

Book cover: Disability welfare policy in Europe: Cognitive Disability and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

László Bercse, Helen Portal and I contributed to a book about the impact of Covid pandemic on people with disabilities.

Our chapter is based on Inclusion Europe report called Neglect and discrimination: Multiplied – How Covid-19 affected the rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

The book also covers:

  • impact on mental health of children;
  • how the pandemic affected social care services in Italy;
  • a right to work and right to health study from Norway;
  • how the health crisis affected disability policy in Poland, especially for people with autism;
  • participatory research from Spain;
  • change in welfare policies after covid in England, UK.

The book is published by Emerald Publishing.

Genova, Scavarda, Świątkiewicz-Mośny: Disability Welfare Policy in Europe. Cognitive Disability and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Emerald Publishing, 2023.

Chapter 2: The Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities: Evidence from disability and self-advocates organisations in Europe