Below you will find a list of resources in relation to COVID-19. You should also read:
- our demands for authorities
- Our open letter “COVID 19 – medical guidelines should not discriminate against persons with disabilities.”
- our members’ activities.
- Letter from Members of the European Parliament to Commission President Von der Leyen
Accessible information
- European Commission – COVID-19: 5 ways to help prevent the spread (with international sign)
- Inclusion Europe – Easy-to-read information about Coronavirus available in many languages
- Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center – Plain language information by and for persons with disabilities
- Swiss Public Health Authorities – Coronavirus information in International Sign
Actions and responses of organisations of persons with disabilities
In Europe
- Disability Rights UK – Coronavirus: DR UK CEO writes to Disability and Care Ministers
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics – Ethical considerations in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
- San Marino Bioethics Committee – Answer to the requested urgent opinion on the ethical issues regarding the use of invasive assisted ventilation in patients of all ages with serious disabilities in relation to the pandemic COVID-19
- Mencap responds to “deeply troubling” new NICE COVID-19 guidance (Update: NICE changed their guidance after this letter)
- National Association of Deafened People – Coronavirus pandemic and deafened and hard of hearing people
International organisations
- UN Special Rapporteur for the rights of persons with disabilities expert – “Who is protecting the people with disabilities?”
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) – Survey on People with Disabilities and COVID-19 pandemic, Encuesta sobre COVID-19 y Personas con discapacidad
- World Health Organisation – Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response; Watch the video
- International Disability Alliance (IDA) – Resource page
- Down Syndrome International – Supporting the global community during the Coronavirus crisis
- Inclusion International – Our response to COVID-19
- International Federation of the Hard of Hearing People – Statement Regarding Coronavirus & Hard of Hearing People
Outside of Europe
- Center for Disability Rights (US) – Action Steps for Attendant Service Users in Response to COVID 19
- Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (Australia) – An important message about people with disability and the covid-19 response
- Relief Web – COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement
Other organisations working in social justice
- International Federattion of Aging – Open letter to World Health Organization (and to Member States). WHO must prioritize the needs of older people in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic
- European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) – Urgent, coordinated action needed by EU and Member States to adequately protect and support the poor, the sick and highly vulnerable groups
- European Network Against Racism (ENAR) – Leaving no one behind in the coronavirus crisis: ENAR calls for system change now to achieve real equality
- European Women’s Lobby (EWL) – Women must not pay the price for COVID-19: Putting equality between women and men at the heart of the response to COVID-19 across Europe
- Friends of the Earth – Coronavirus calls for care, solidarity and action
- The Good Lobby – COVID19: Europe can fight it!
- Greenpeace EU – How the EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic could make our society more resilient
- International Labour Organisation (ILO) – COVID-19 and the world of work
- Human Rights Watch – Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response
- SOLIDAR – Call to the EU and Member States to protect the rights of the population facing more vulnerability in times of COVID-19
- WeMove – European basic income now!