[community] Disability Inclusive COVID-`9 Recovery Policy

Mon Jun 15 16:11:02 UTC 2020

Councillor Wong-Tam has been advocating for disaggregating the data.

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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: Ushnish Sengupta <ushnish.sengupta at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 12:03 PM
To: John W (personal) <pickupwillis at gmail.com>
Cc: Liviya Mendelsohn <LiviyaM at mnjcc.org>; Inclusive Design Community <community at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca>
Subject: Re: [community] Disability Inclusive COVID-`9 Recovery Policy

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<mailto: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<mailto: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<http://policyresponse.ca>
>
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> *Liv Mendelsohn M.A., M.Ed.*(she/her)
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> *Director, Accessibility and Inclusion Artistic Director, ReelAbilities
> Film Festival Toronto*
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> John W (personal) <pickupwillis at gmail.com<mailto:pickupwillis at gmail.com>>
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2020 5:47 PM
> *To:* Inclusive Design Community <community at lists.idrc.ocadu.ca<mailto: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
>
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> progress...
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