France

“Access to care has been cancelled for the chronically ill and persons with psychosocial disability. Follow-ups are no longer taking place. The government calls for a mutual help between neighbours and relatives, and persons with disabilities have no organised assistance or food delivery to their homes. Personal assistance was not organised, nor the protection provided for employees.”

Organisation of Persons with Disabilities

France

“The government closed the access of the nursing homes and many other institutions to the families, as well as reduced the staff. Result: the residents were left to die!”

Family member of a person with disabilities

France

“I have the impression that this crisis is only adding to the problems already present with regard to support for people with disabilities. These problems did not happen with the Covid19, they were the result of a lack of measures and support even during regular periods.”

Female with disabilities