Measures have been introduced for the vulnerable, destitute and needy throughout South Africa.
Let us support persons with disabilities during the lockdown. We can support them by promoting, protecting and advancing their rights.
During lockdown, caregivers will continue to assist persons with disabilities to access their social grants and to do shopping.
Payment of grants
You will still be able to collect your disability grant during the lockdown period. South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) announced that social grants from May 2020, will no longer be paid on the 1st. Beneficiaries of disability and old age grants, will be paid over 2 days from the 4th of each month.
Disability Sector Experts
- Media Release from BlindSA
- Disability-Specific Recommendations for COVID-19
- Action Steps for Attendant Service Users in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- COVID 19 and the disability movement
- COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities
- An Important Message about People with Disability And The Covid-19 Response
Tools
- Centre for Inclusive Policy (CIP) and CBM Australia: The new normal: Getting government's to spend more and better for inclusion of all persons with disabilities
- United Nations: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19: Bachelet urges States to take extra steps to include people with disabilities
- Disability Justice and COVID-19 Resources
- How to help students with a hearing impairment as courses move online
- Covid-19 Disability Rights Monitor
- Database of international resources for COVID-19
- Toward a Disability-Inclusive COVID19 Response: 10 recommendations from the International Disability Alliance
- Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19 by the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on behalf of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility
- Inclusive and accessible communication guidelines (EU)
- COVID-19 response: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities (UNICEF)
- Coronavirus information for people with disabilities
- Women and girls with disabilities and older women in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic (UN)
- Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak (WHO)
- Disabilty etiquette within health services
- Making sure people with disabilities get their rights during COVID-19 (Human Rights Watch)
- Interim guidance: Focus on persons deprived of their liberty (IASC)
- COVID-19 update (NCPD)
- Guidance on COVID-19 and the human rights of migrants (UNOHCHR)
- Disability inclusive social protection response to COVID-19 crises (UNPRPD)
- Guidance on COVID-19 and women's human rights (UNOHCHR)
- United Nations commends South Africa's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (UN)
- COVID-19 and children deprived of their liberty (UNICEF)
- Guidance on civic space and COVID-19 (UNOHCHR)
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI people? (UNOHCHR)
- Guidance on COVID-19 and the rights of persons wit disabilities (UNOHCHR)
- Guidance (UNOHCHR)
- Guidance on emergency measures and COVID-19 (UNOHCHR)
- Mental Health Tips
- For Parents
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- The National Institute of Occupational Health has published an information leaflet and has transcribed this into braille. Blind SA is distributing the braille leaflets as well as the daisy version and in accessible format word.
- South African Public Understanding of and Response to the COVID-19 Emergency Survey
- Repository of resources on Disability Inclusion and Covid -19
- Easy to read information about Coronavirus available in many languages
- Recommendations for immediate COVID-19 Action Regarding the Needs and Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- #COVIDー19 the TG disability Disaster Risk Reduction Covid19 group launched a survey on disabilities and COVID19 to have data and to help governments to have inclusive Covid19 response
- Coronavirus Explained and What you should do (close caption)
For more information:
For more information, contact 0800 029 999
You can also WhatsApp 060 0123 456
Visit www.sacoronavirus.co.za
You can also visit Facebook Group: DisabilityRightsSA to get more information
