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Home / Our research / Solutions focused research / COVID-19 and intellectual disabilities / Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities (Wave4)

Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities (Wave4)

Background
The Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study (Waves 1-3) showed that the Coronavirus pandemic had a considerable impact on people with learning disabilities and their families. In this study we continued to examine the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the lives of people with learning disabilities in the UK, and also began to look at the current living circumstances of people with learning disabilities in the UK in the context of a pathway into recession and challenges for public services.

What we did
In this survey (Sept – Dec 2022) we spoke to 355 people with learning disabilities who were able to talk about their own experiences, by phone or virtually and 192 family members or paid carers of people with more severe and complex learning disabilities, who could not speak for themselves, completed an online survey about the individuals they cared for.

We will share the results of the survey when they are available.

For further information on this research, please contact Roseann Maguire

Page updated February 2023