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Inclusion Europe’s director Milan Šveřepa
wrote a reflection about the Coronavirus emergency.
This is a summary of what Milan wrote:
Coronavirus changed many things.
But it highlights the ongoing segregation and
discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities,
especially in access to healthcare.
For many people with intellectual disabilities
the situation is even more challenging.
Especially for those who live
segregated in institutions and their families.
Large groups of people including staff are being
completely left alone and locked-down
in institutions for weeks, months even.
It’s one thing juggling work, home-schooling
and isolation for you or me.
It’s something else for parents who care for
children with severe disabilities.
When it comes to education, the priority seems to
be on the administration of exams, and we are yet to hear
about schools for children with disabilities during this crisis.
Even if things go back to normal, it still means people
with disabilities being segregated from their
communities and from schools.
Families will still have to provide most
care and support, and to fight for
progress and recognition.
We have seen the impact of the 2009 financial crisis:
closed services, disability and social benefits lowered,
unemployment and the tool on peoples’ wellbeing and lives.
Inclusion Europe invites the governments and
The European Union to ensure financial support
first for people with disabilities and
their families.
