shielders

Wellbeing & Fitness

Shielding stories: the impact on disabled people’s mental health

27/11/2020

Cropped artwork by disabled artist Tri Iva Fitriani showing a colour drawing of a girl with brown hair wearing a face mask with virus particles on it

Our writer Raya, a shielder since March, shares the stories of disabled people who have continued to isolate and how…

Wellbeing & Fitness

Shielding stories: disabled people and their families in extended self-isolation

20/11/2020

Illustration by a disabled artist of what shielding is like cropped

Our writer Raya, who has been shielding since March, shares the stories of disabled people and their families who have…

Wellbeing & Fitness

Shielding stories: the forgotten isolated who have been in ‘lockdown’ since March

13/11/2020

Covid-19 artwork showing how isolation feels

Writer Raya, who has been shielding since March, shares the stories of other disabled people who have stayed in their…

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