The Impact of covid-19 on persons with disability

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic remains a phenomenon which is leaving an impact on a number of sectors in our Society. The effects of this pandemic have left minorities in dire need of support and comfort due to the impact it had on them. The Faculty for Social Wellbeing has teamed up with the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability – CRPD to investigate how this pandemic has impacted this minority. What is innovative, but has also become characteristic of our Faculty research, is that we draw our data from the grassroots and ensure that we use an emancipatory model to guarantee representation and voice of the minority in our studies. In any case, the truth of the matter is that this pandemic has damaged our communities and has left the greatest impact on the ‘populations’ in our communities which have been side-lined for so long. We hope that this study will nudge the authorities in taking on the recommendations listed in it.