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Eskytė I, Lawson A, Orchard M, et al. Out on the streets - Crisis, opportunity and disabled people in the era of Covid-19: Reflections from the UK. Alter. 2020;14(4):329-336doi: 10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004.
Eskytė, I., Lawson, A., Orchard, M., & Andrews, E. (2020). Out on the streets - Crisis, opportunity and disabled people in the era of Covid-19: Reflections from the UK. Alter, 14(4), 329-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004
Eskytė, Ieva, et al. "Out on the streets - Crisis, opportunity and disabled people in the era of Covid-19: Reflections from the UK." Alter vol. 14,4 (2020): 329-336. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004
Eskytė I, Lawson A, Orchard M, Andrews E. Out on the streets - Crisis, opportunity and disabled people in the era of Covid-19: Reflections from the UK. Alter. 2020 Nov;14(4):329-336. doi: 10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 32837629; PMCID: PMC7434420.
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Alter. 2020 Nov;14(4):329-336. doi: 10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

Out on the streets - Crisis, opportunity and disabled people in the era of Covid-19: Reflections from the UK.

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Ieva Eskytė, Anna Lawson, Maria Orchard, Elizabeth Andrews

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Disability Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, LS2 9JP, Leeds, United Kingdom.

PMID: 32837629 PMCID: PMC7434420 DOI: 10.1016/j.alter.2020.07.004

Abstract

Governments have responded to the Covid-19 crisis through various measures designed to reduce transmission and protect people judged to be at heightened risk. This paper explores the implications of such measures in the UK for disabled people, with a particular focus on measures designed to reduce and reshape the use of streets and public space. We divide UK measures into two broad categories. First, there are measures designed to reduce the use of streets and public spaces - e.g., rules requiring people to stay at home except in tightly prescribed circumstances and measures providing specific support (including food delivery and priority online shopping) for people designated as clinically extremely 'vulnerable'. Second, there are measures designed to control the behaviour of people using streets and public space - e.g., rules on physical distancing and the use of face coverings. We explore the disability-related concerns associated with these types of measure. We also highlight the opportunities this crisis presents for embedding accessibility and inclusion more firmly into the fabric of our streets and call for renewed resistance to policies and practices shaped by ableist assumptions and attitudes.

© 2020 The Authors.

Keywords: Ableism; Accessibility; Coronavirus; Disability; Pedestrians; Physical distancing; Public space; Streets

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