“Everything is Totally Uncertain Right Now”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh || “এইমুহূদিেসবভছুইঅভনক্তিিমদনহদে”: বাাংলাদেদেক াভিড-১৯মহামারীচলা ালীনসময়প্রভিবন্ধীবযক্তিদেরঅভিজ্ঞিা।

The COVID-19 pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities. Emerging research suggests that people with disabilities across the world have experienced various rights violations and been disproportionately affected by the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it. The aim of this research was to explore how people with disabilities, who often are excluded from research, have experienced the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. In order to better understand how it has affected jobseekers with disabilities, in-depth qualitative research was conducted as part of the Inclusion Works programme in Bangladesh.

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This is a report on a qualitative study undertaken as part of the Inclusion Works programme, aiming to reach a group who are not often included in research studies. A researcher based in Bangladesh asked 10 people with disabilities in the country to tell us about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. They had different types of disabilities such as intellectual, physical, visual and multiple disabilities.