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. 2023 Mar 20:380:e072343.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072343.

Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Sarah Baird  1 , Bassam Abu Hamad  2 , Kifah Baniodeh  3 , Mark Carew  4 , Nimisha Goel  5 , Anas Ismail  6 , Erin Oakley  7 , Jennifer Seager  7 , Tassew Woldehanna  8 , Nicola Jones  9
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Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Sarah Baird et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes, argue Sarah Baird and colleagues

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interest to declare.

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Examples of pre-existing challenges that amplified the negative effects of covid-19 on adolescents with disabilities globally
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