Blog Articles About Disability Equity in Health

When the pandemic began, we discovered just how profoundly disabled lives are devalued.

COVID-19 and the forgotten disability community

  The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare how profoundly devalued disabled lives and experiences are. The latest article from the Disability in Health team — of which I am a proud member — has been published in Healthy Debate: “People living with disabilities have long been accustomed to asking for inclusion without results: We needed telehealth…

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The pandemic has made it clear that we must change how the healthcare system provides support to seniors and people with disabilities.

When apathy is deadlier than COVID-19

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on long-term care homes. In this article for the new publication Nature Aging, our team of four Canadian women who’ve created Disability Equity in Health looks at the factors leading to this situation: “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have disregarded worry since the virus “only kills old and…

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