Yates Sophie, Dickinson Helen
School of Business, UNSW, Canberra.
Public Adm Rev. 2021 Nov-Dec;81(6):1192-1196. doi: 10.1111/puar.13352. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
While Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) does not discriminate against particular groups, our social structures and systems mean some people are more at risk in a pandemic context-from both the disease and the social and policy responses to the pandemic. This is particularly so for people with disability, in part because they often have poorer health outcomes from underlying conditions but also due to discrimination and social exclusion. Here, we draw from a survey about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian children and young people with disability and their families. Respondents faced a range of inequities prior to the pandemic, and COVID-19 has further exposed and often exacerbated them. We conclude that recent developments in the Australian disability context to personalize services have arguably made people with disability and their families less safe within a pandemic context, and we outline some ways in which these issues might be addressed.
虽然2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）不会歧视特定群体，但我们的社会结构和制度意味着在大流行背景下，一些人面临更大风险——无论是疾病本身，还是对大流行的社会和政策应对措施。对于残疾人来说尤其如此，部分原因是他们往往因潜在疾病而健康状况较差，同时也由于歧视和社会排斥。在此，我们借鉴了一项关于COVID-19大流行对澳大利亚残疾儿童和年轻人及其家庭影响的调查。在大流行之前，受访者就面临一系列不平等问题，而COVID-19进一步暴露并常常加剧了这些问题。我们得出结论，澳大利亚残疾领域最近为使服务个性化而采取的举措，可以说在大流行背景下使残疾人和他们的家庭变得更不安全，我们概述了一些解决这些问题的方法。
