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Disability in the Time of Pandemic

2023 ᛫


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Summary


COVID-19 has once again illuminated the ways in which health risks and negative health outcomes are tied to economic and social inequalities. Disabled people rank among those most disadvantaged in terms of education, income, and social inclusion and this exacerbated their risk of negative pandemic-related outcomes. From the start, it was clear that disabled people would be disproportionately affected by the pandemic and this solidified as the pandemic unfolded.


Disability in the Time of Pandemic is a timely exploration of emerging research into the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disabilities in their varied communities and across their complex identities. Using the insights, perspectives, and methods of a variety of disciplines including Anthropology, Disability Studies, Education, Physical and Rehabilitation Therapies, Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, and Women’s and Gender Studies, authors explore the initial and ongoing effects of the global pandemic on people with disabilities in Canada, India, Poland, and the United States.


The Research in Social Science and Disability series is essential reading for researchers and students across the social sciences interested in disability, social movements, activism, and identity.

Table of contents

  • Introduction to Disability in the Time of Pandemic; Laura Mauldin, Sara E. Green, and Allison C. Carey

  • Part I. Implications of the Pandemic for the Health, Well-being, and Care of People with Disabilities and their Families
  • Chapter 1. COVID-19 and People with Disabilities: Social Inequalities in the Distribution of Pandemic Vulnerability; Jayajit Chakraborty
  • Chapter 2. Cumulative and Cascading Impacts of Invisibility: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Housing Experiences of Canadians with Disabilities During COVID-19; Valérie Grand'Maison, Kathryn Reinders, Laura Pin, Jihan Abbas, and Deborah Stienstra
  • Chapter 3. “A Rollercoaster of Emotions:” Social Distancing, Anxiety, and Loneliness among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions; Michelle Maroto, David Pettinicchio, Lei Chai, and Andy Holmes
  • Chapter 4. Barriers in the Access to Healthcare Facilities during COVID-19 for People with Disabilities in Mumbai’s Informal Settlements; Srishti Jaitely and Navjit Gaurav
  • Chapter 5. Excessive Childhoods, Self-Reliant Citizens: Discursive Constructions of Care for Disabled Children in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Kim Fernandes and Tanushree Sarkar
  • Chapter 6. Social and Health Experiences of Disabled People with Complex Medical Conditions during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Joana Milan Lorandi and Pamela Block
  • Part II. Implications of the Pandemic for People with Disabilities in Educational and Workplace Settings
  • Chapter 7. Inequality in the Schooling Experiences of Disabled Children and their Families during COVID-19; Rachel Elizabeth Fish, David Enrique Rangel, Nelly De Arcos, and Olivia Friend
  • Chapter 8. "Everybody Thrown into the Deep End at the Same Time:” Reflections on Family-School Partnership in a Time of COVID-19; Julia Jansen-van Vuuren, Danielle Roberts, Grace L. Francis, Colleen M. Davison, Sharon Gabison, and Heather M. Aldersey
  • Chapter 9. Sol Express in the Time of Covid: Reflections from a Creative Arts Participatory Research Project; Madeline Burghardt
  • Chapter 10. Everyday Life of Students with Disabilities using Assistance Services in Poland: Lessons from the Pandemic; Ewa Giermanowska, Mariola RacÅ‚aw, and Dorota Szawarska
  • Chapter 11. Disability and the Diversity Framework in the Post-pandemic Workplace; Courtney Mullin, Robert Gould, Sarah Parker Harris, and Robin Jones

About the authors



Allison C. Carey is professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, USA.

Sara E. Green is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida, USA.

Laura Mauldin is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, as well as Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut, USA.