Disability Welfare Policy in Europe
Cognitive Disability and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Disability Welfare Policy in Europe:Cognitive Disability and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on persons with cognitive disabilities and their families. Written from a Disability Studies perspective, this edited collection investigates education, employment, social and health care services in European case studies.
Recognising how Covid-19 health surveillance has limited the rights of all persons, the chapters demonstrate how its impact has been even more severe on persons with cognitive disabilities and their families. Outlining the changes in welfare services during the Covid-19 pandemic that have led to new forms of segregation and hindered full participation of persons with disabilities in society on an equal basis with others, the collection chronicles a setback in the process of implementing the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Within the framework of public sociology, Disability Welfare Policy in Europe:Cognitive Disability and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic shows the failure of the attempts aimed at shifting disability policy into the mainstream. The authors highlight how persons with disabilities, their families, as well as personnel working in disability welfare policy have fought to keep the perspectives and rights of persons with disabilities on the policy agenda. If the Covid-19 health surveillance has rendered persons with disabilities invisible, how can they be made visible once again?
Introduction; Angela Genova, Alice Scavarda, and Maria Świątkiewicz-Mósny
- Chapter 1. Disability In Europe in Pandemic Time: Theoretical Background; Angela Genova, Alice Scavarda, and Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny
- Chapter 2. The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Rights Of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: Evidence From Disability And Self-Advocates Organisations In Europe; László Bercse, Helen Portal, and Milan Šveřepa
- Chapter 3. The Effects Of Covid-19 On The Mental Health Condition Of Children With Cognitive Disabilities And Their Families In Hungarian Case Study; Tímea Galacné Kaló, Dóra Katalin Prievara, Veronika Mátó, and Klára Tarkó
- Chapter 4. Covid-19 And Health And Social Services Devoted To Cognitive Disabled People In Italy: regional comparative case studies; Alice Scavarda and Angela Genova
- Chapter 5. Covid-19 Infection Control Measures - Cross-Pressure Between The Right To Work And The Right To Health - A Norwegian Case Study Of Service Provision To Persons With Cognitive Disabilities; Aina A. Kane and Line Melbøe
- Chapter 6. Living With Autism In The Pandemic Era – How The Health Crisis Affected The Disability Welfare Policy In The Region Of Lesser Poland; Anna Prokop-Dorner, Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik, and Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny
- Chapter 7. The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Lives Of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities. A Participatory Research Project From Madrid, Spain; Adela Palazuelos Velayos, Adrián Corona de la Iglesia, Ángela Sánchez Castillo, Gema Alises Urda, María Gómez-Carrillo de Castro, Marta Sancho Suils, Paola Cauja Pilataxi, and Víctor Sanz Moreno
- Chapter 8. Changes After Covid-19 On Welfare Policies And Services For People With Learning Disabilities And Autism: A Case Study For England, United Kingdom; Anjali Ghosh and Eleni Koutsogeorgou
- Conclusion; Angela Genova, Alice Scavarda, and Maria Świątkiewicz-Mósny
Angela Genova is Researcher at the Department of Economics, Society, Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
Alice Scavarda is Research Fellow at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Torino, Italy.
Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.