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

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par Richard Hastings, 125th Anniversary Chair, and Professor of Psychology Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham
Chris Hatton, Professor of Social Care, Department of Social Care and Social Work, Faculty of Health and Education, Manchester Metropolitan University

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…

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