Covid-19
- Amplifying Voices: Our Lives, Our Say (Executive Summary)
- Amplifying Voices: Our Lives, Our Say-Full Report
- Potenciar Las Voces: Nuestras Vidas, Nuestra Decisión: Resumen ejecutivo
- À Tous Les Échos: Notre Vie, Notre Avis – Rapport exécutif résumé
- WBU Survey on COVID-19
- WBU Call to Action -19 Actions for an inclusive Covid-19 response
- WBU CEO’s Speech addressing the Zero-Draft of the declaration for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN
- Home schooling, how to help our children in time of Covid-19 WBU Facebook live session
(transcript not available due to technical problems)
- COVID 19 Questions and Answers by the European Blind Union: When did your organisation become aware that COVID was going to be a major challenge, and what was your first reaction?
- COVID-19: CNIB Foundation offers free educational manual – The ABC’s of iOS: a VoiceOver Manual for Toddlers and Beyond!
- RNIB Radio interview on COVID19 response with Mr. Lars Bosselmann Executive Director of European Blind Union
- Schools for the Blind not ready to reopen – Blind SA Media Release
- Orientation and mobility, personal safety in time of Covid-19 – WBU Facebook live session on
(Transcript-April 16)
- WBU e-Bulletin Special Edition on COVID19- April 2020
- Disability and Coronavirus: IDA Facebook Live Weekly Briefing #14 – WBU President Dr. Fred Schroeder was among speakers
- Disability and Coronavirus: IDA Facebook Live Weekly Briefing with a Focus on the Asia-Pacfic #15 – WBU Executive Committee member and President of the Mongolian National Federation of the Blind, Ms. Gerel Dondovdorj, was among speakers :
- Disability and Coronavirus: IDA Facebook live session!
- Resources and Tools for Action (IDA)
- COVID-19 and the World of Work: Ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities at all stages of the response (ILO)
- The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Canadians who are blind, Deaf-Blind, and partially-sighted: Covid-19 Impact Survey Report, Canadian Council of the Blind
- IDA and IDDC joint statement on the World Refugee Day 2020
- End-Discrimination Campaign – COVID19: launched by International Disability Alliance and the International Disability and Development Consortium
- Accessibility Campaign – COVID19 Statement to the World Health Assembly by IDDC (the International Disability and Development Consortium) and IDA (he International Disability Alliance) members
- Accessibility campaign to call for public health information and communications around COVID19 to be fully accessible by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
- Response received from the United Nations Secretary-General to the IDA-IDDC Accessibility campaign
- A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19 – by the UN
- Stories from people with various disabilities across the globe sharing their experiences with COVID-19 (IDA)
- An initial overview of specific social protection measures for persons with disabilities and their families in response to COVID 19 crisis – The Centre for Inclusive Policy
- Disability-Inclusive Social Protection Response to COVID19 crisis – UNPRPD brief
- Disability and Coronavirus: Discrimination in Urgent Care (IDA)
- Disability and Coronavirus: Weekly update, 20 April (IDA)
- Disability and Coronavirus, 13 April (IDA)
- COVID-19-CBM Resource Document on Key Advocacy Messages, Questions to ask on Inclusion (pdf)
- Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak – PDF by World Health Organization (WHO)
- Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus by World Health Organization (WHO)
- International Disability Alliance (IDA) COVID-19 webpage
- COVID 19 Resources and Information – European Blind Union
- COVID-19 Response:Considerations for Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon
- The United Nations has released a set of actions that should be followed in order to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Handwashing Advice for Blind People.mp3
- Covid-19 handwashing advice described for blind people
- Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)
- Voices of People with Disabilities During the COVID19 Outbreak: International Disability Alliance:
- WBU call for accessible and inclusive services on Corona Virus
- Resources on disability inclusive COVID-19 response compiled by the European Disability Forum (EDF)
- Open letter by the European Disability Forum (EDF) to leaders at the EU and in EU countries: COVID-19 – Disability Inclusive Response
- Human Rights Based Approach Guideline On Disability Inclusion In Covid-19 Response (Pacific Disability Forum)
- COVID-19 Database of publications on coronavirus disease WHO
- WHO interactive dashboard/map provides the latest global numbers and numbers by country of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis
- Aira and The Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Update
- COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities? by Ms Catalina Devandas (Costa Rica), UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- COVID-19 Resources page: The National Federation of the Blind, USA
- Ebu joins the global call for an accessible and inclusive response
- Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Statement by Minister Qualtrough on Canada’s Disability-Inclusive approach to its COVID-19 pandemic response
- FR: Déclaration de la ministre Qualtrough au sujet de l’approche inclusive du Canada concernant les personnes en situation de handicap dans sa réponse à la COVID-19
- Covid-19 Information and FAQ for persons with visual impairement by Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN)
- AFUB Letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission by AFUB(pdf): Urgent action to promote and protect the rights of the blind and partially sighted persons in the African Union and it’s member states during Covid-19
- UN DESA’s web portal on COVID-19 to closely monitor the economic, financial and social impacts of the crisis and help Member States navigate the policy choices ahead in a way that leaves no one behind.
- A call to action on “Addressing discrimination and inequality in the global response to COVID 19 – by a coalition of leading global equality organisations
- ABC’s of iOS: A VoiceOver Manual for Toddlers and Beyond! – currently available FREE for everyone during COVID-19!
- COVID-19 Homeschool Resources for Special Needs Students
