[community] Disability Inclusive COVID-`9 Recovery Policy

[Ushnish Sengupta]

Hi John
You have identified an important gap in evidence for policy.
AFAIK, there is no disaggregated data being collected and published by the
provincial governments in Canada on PWD and Covid19 cases, deaths, tests.
Without the data it is difficult to understand the disparate impact on PWD.
We know from news reports that vulnerable communities involving PWD have
been severely affected:
https://nationalpost.com/news/jane-philpott-on-life-inside-the-care-home-where-95-per-cent-of-the-residents-have-covid-19

Organizations serving the Black community and allies jointly and
successfully lobbied the provincial government to start collecting
disaggregated racial data for Covid19 cases.
IMHO We need a similar joint and concerted effort by organizations serving
PWD to get the provincial governments across Canada to collect and publish
disability related Covid19 cases, death and test data.   Evolving policies
can then be based on evidence, and evidence that can be examined and
verified by NGOs and individuals.

My argument is that this non-collection of disaggregated disability based
data has political, cultural and social roots, but that is a discussion for
another day.

Ushnish


On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:21 AM John W (personal) <pickupwillis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks so much, Liviya, it's a great article and very inspiring
>
> thanks
> j
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:28 PM Liviya Mendelsohn <LiviyaM at mnjcc.org>
> wrote:
>
> > 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/
> >
> > <
> http://policyresponse.ca/canadas-recovery-planning-must-include-people-with-disabilities/
> >
> > 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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> > 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.
> >
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