People with learning disabilities can face double discrimination
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People with learning disabilities can face double discrimination

Deborah Salmi Journalist, diagnostic radiographer and mother of a child with disabilities

People from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who also have learning disabilities face higher levels of healthcare inequalities

People with a learning disability were six times more likely to die than those without a disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, people from black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities died of COVID-19 in disproportionately higher numbers than the white population.

Learning Disability Practice. 26, 3, 12-14. doi: 10.7748/ldp.26.3.12.s4

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