Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Sarah Baird; Bassam Abu Hamad; Kifah Baniodeh; Mark Carew; Nimisha Goel; Anas Ismail; Erin Oakley; Jennifer Seager; Tassew Woldehanna; Nicola Jones

doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-072343

Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

BMJ. 2023 Mar 20:380:e072343. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072343.

Authors

Sarah Baird¹, Bassam Abu Hamad², Kifah Baniodeh³, Mark Carew⁴, Nimisha Goel⁵, Anas Ismail⁶, Erin Oakley⁷, Jennifer Seager⁷, Tassew Woldehanna⁸, Nicola Jones⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA sbaird@email.gwu.edu.
² Al Quds University, Jerusalem, State of Palestine.
³ Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, Ramallah, State of Palestine.
⁴ Leonard Cheshire, London, UK.
⁵ Norway India Partnership Initiative, New Delhi,India.
⁶ Gaza,State of Palestine.
⁷ Department of Global Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
⁸ Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁹ ODI, London, UK.

Abstract

Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes, argue Sarah Baird and colleagues

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Disabled Persons*
Humans
Intellectual Disability*
Pandemics / prevention & control