Personalisation and pandemic: an unforeseen collision course?

Abstract

The outbreak of a pandemic provokes fear and risk of ill health for all individuals, however, these events pose even more of a threat to people with disability who often have poorer health outcomes because of underlying conditions, have difficulties in accessing health and other services, and typically fare worse once they are in the healthcare system. The growth of personalisation schemes in disability internationally is now exacerbating those risks and could lead to high morbidity and mortality if swift action is not taken.