Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Tom Shakespeare; Nicholas Watson; Richard Brunner; Jane Cullingworth; Shaffa Hameed; Nathaniel Scherer; Charlotte Pearson; Veronika Reichenberger

doi:10.1111/spol.12758

Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Tom Shakespeare, Nicholas Watson, Richard Brunner, Jane Cullingworth, Shaffa Hameed, Nathaniel Scherer, Charlotte Pearson, Veronika Reichenberger

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

65 Citations (Scopus)

20 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

This paper reports on in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 69 disabled people in England and Scotland, and with 28 key informants from infrastructure organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, about the impact of COVID-19, and measures taken to control it. Participants were recruited through voluntary organisations. As with everyone, the Pandemic has had a huge impact: we discuss the dislocations it has caused in everyday life; the failures of social care; the use of new technologies; and participants' view on leadership and communication. We conclude with suggestions for urgent short term and medium term responses, so that the United Kingdom and other countries can respond better to this and other pandemics, and build a more inclusive world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-117
Number of pages	15
Journal	Social Policy and Administration
Volume	56
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12758
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2022

Keywords

COVID-19
disability
information
lockdown
pandemic
social care
social distancing

Access to Document

10.1111/spol.12758Licence: CC BY 4.0

Shakespeare-etal-SPA-2021-Disabled-people-in-Britain-and-the-impact-of-the-COVID-19-pandemicFinal published version, 1 MBLicence: CC BY 4.0

Cite this

@article{5d36364a219a4b4f8d12cade441fa479,

title = "Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic",

abstract = "This paper reports on in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 69 disabled people in England and Scotland, and with 28 key informants from infrastructure organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, about the impact of COVID-19, and measures taken to control it. Participants were recruited through voluntary organisations. As with everyone, the Pandemic has had a huge impact: we discuss the dislocations it has caused in everyday life; the failures of social care; the use of new technologies; and participants' view on leadership and communication. We conclude with suggestions for urgent short term and medium term responses, so that the United Kingdom and other countries can respond better to this and other pandemics, and build a more inclusive world.",

keywords = "COVID-19, disability, information, lockdown, pandemic, social care, social distancing",

author = "Tom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson and Richard Brunner and Jane Cullingworth and Shaffa Hameed and Nathaniel Scherer and Charlotte Pearson and Veronika Reichenberger",

year = "2022",

month = jan,

day = "31",

doi = "10.1111/spol.12758",

language = "English",

volume = "56",

pages = "103--117",

journal = "Social Policy and Administration",

issn = "0144-5596",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

AU - Shakespeare, Tom

AU - Watson, Nicholas

AU - Brunner, Richard

AU - Cullingworth, Jane

AU - Hameed, Shaffa

AU - Scherer, Nathaniel

AU - Pearson, Charlotte

AU - Reichenberger, Veronika

PY - 2022/1/31

Y1 - 2022/1/31

N2 - This paper reports on in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 69 disabled people in England and Scotland, and with 28 key informants from infrastructure organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, about the impact of COVID-19, and measures taken to control it. Participants were recruited through voluntary organisations. As with everyone, the Pandemic has had a huge impact: we discuss the dislocations it has caused in everyday life; the failures of social care; the use of new technologies; and participants' view on leadership and communication. We conclude with suggestions for urgent short term and medium term responses, so that the United Kingdom and other countries can respond better to this and other pandemics, and build a more inclusive world.

AB - This paper reports on in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 69 disabled people in England and Scotland, and with 28 key informants from infrastructure organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, about the impact of COVID-19, and measures taken to control it. Participants were recruited through voluntary organisations. As with everyone, the Pandemic has had a huge impact: we discuss the dislocations it has caused in everyday life; the failures of social care; the use of new technologies; and participants' view on leadership and communication. We conclude with suggestions for urgent short term and medium term responses, so that the United Kingdom and other countries can respond better to this and other pandemics, and build a more inclusive world.

KW - COVID-19

KW - disability

KW - information

KW - lockdown

KW - pandemic

KW - social care

KW - social distancing

UR - http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/249373/

U2 - 10.1111/spol.12758

DO - 10.1111/spol.12758

M3 - Article

SN - 0144-5596

VL - 56

SP - 103

EP - 117

JO - Social Policy and Administration

JF - Social Policy and Administration

IS - 1

ER -

Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this