[community] Disability Inclusive COVID-`9 Recovery Policy

[Liviya Mendelsohn]

Dani Saad and I wrote a piece for First Policy Response which may be helpful:  http://policyresponse.ca/canadas-recovery-planning-must-include-people-with-disabilities/
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Canada’s recovery planning must include people with disabilities | First Policy Response<http://policyresponse.ca/canadas-recovery-planning-must-include-people-with-disabilities/>
Among the most vulnerable and the least consulted groups, disability communities have been hit hard by COVID-19. The crisis has revealed and exacerbated major gaps and inequities, showing that social and physical isolation do not affect everybody the same way.
policyresponse.ca



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Liv Mendelsohn M.A., M.Ed.(she/her)
Director, Accessibility and Inclusion
Artistic Director, ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto

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From: community <community-bounces at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca> on behalf of John W (personal) <pickupwillis at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 5:47 PM
To: Inclusive Design Community <community at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca>
Subject: [community] Disability Inclusive COVID-`9 Recovery Policy

Hi friends, I have an opportunity to craft a short briefing note for the
Ontario governments recovery planning table as it relates to social
assistance programs -- that is, how COVID recovery planning should take
into account the interests and rights of people with disabilities needing
government support.

I am using the recent UN Policy Brief
<https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/sg_policy_brief_on_persons_with_disabilities_final.pdf>
as the foundation but I really could use some rapid assistance from the
community to develop a few persuasive statistics. Can anyone point me to
online statistics for COVID-19 pandemic impacts on

     - job losses,  reduced work time/ reduced earned income for Ontarians
(or Canadians) with disabilities
     - rates of recovery in employment, hours of work, and/or incomes for
PWD compared to the rest of the population, as economic activity grows in
the later-pandemic stages  (is the recovery fair?)
    - any demographic profiles of PWD who are most marginalized by the
pandemic and/or recovery, to illustrate intersectional experiences related
to ethnicity, racialization, gender, age, etc.

I am hoping to locate this type of data for drafting *immediate
recommendations so I'm hoping to get your input as sooon as you can manage.*

Thanks!
j.

- impact on INCOME or EMPLOYMENT status o
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*John D. Willis | CE CAIP MDes*
Design & Innovation in Public Services
Toronto CANADA

Garbled text? My apologies - speech-to-text technology is still a work in
progress...
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