Women with Disabilities During
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tripartite Estrangement
Dr. Survi Sinha
ABSTRACT
The pandemic of COVID-19 has affected all sections
of the society, irrespective of gender, wealth, race, geographic
demography, etc. However, women with disabilities have been
disproportionately impacted during this period. The Social Model of
Disability has helped in recognizing the long-standing issues of
discrimination in resource allocation, reduced access to healthcare
facilities, increase in domestic violence, and other such
oppressions suffered by women with disabilities. Women with
Intellectual disability need care givers and during the pandemic
their abuse heightened. The pandemic also exposed a lack of
inclusive workplace structure and how the traditional mode was
replaced by work from home but could not be modified earlier for
persons with disabilities who face difficulties in commuting to the
workplace. Access to online mode of education was also limiting for
female students with disability during the lockdown period.
Keywords: Disability, COVID-19, Healthcare challenges,
Marginalization, Intellectual Disability, Pandemic
