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Richard Hastings, 125th Anniversary Chair, and Professor of Psychology Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham

COVID inquiry: four ways to improve support for people with intellectual disabilities

London, England, UK - August 8, 2023: The National Covid Memorial, located off the bank of the Thames River and St. Thomas Hospital, is a place to commemorate those who died of COVID. thelittlecactus/Shutterstock

Anxiety. I always feel like I’m on edge. COVID, cost of living crisis, finances, current living arrangement. The majority don’t seem to care about COVID anymore and you can’t just ignore it, people are still dying from it.

Cara, whose name has been changed, described these concerns in our research into the continuing effects of the pandemic on people with intellectual disabilities. Her account shows how concerns about infection became entangled with uncertainty about everyday life.

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