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The International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability created a COVID-19 Task Force with the goal of understanding the global impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities and their families. The aim of this paper is to synthesize existing evidence describing the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities, derived from surveys conducted across the globe.

Global COVID-19 childhood disability data coordination: A collaborative initiative of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability

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The International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability created a COVID-19 Task Force with the goal of understanding the global impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities and their families. The aim of this paper is to synthesize existing evidence describing the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities, derived from surveys conducted across the globe.

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This paper synthesizes existing evidence describing the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities, derived from surveys conducted across the globe. This project was conducted as part of the IAACD COVID-19 Task Force. Information from more than 17,230 participants around the world was collected. Globally, the surveys highlight that COVID-19 has negatively impacted several areas of functioning – including mental health, and human rights of people with disabilities and their families.

Key findings:

We synthesized existing evidence describing the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities, derived from surveys conducted across the globe. Information from more than 17,230 participants around the world was collected. Globally, the surveys highlight that COVID-19 has negatively impacted several areas of functioning – including mental health, and human rights of people with disabilities and their families.