Table 2.
Major themes described by participants across six disability sub-groups showing how many participants discussed each theme out of the 38 total participants and within each disability sub-group.
| Disability Sub-Groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | Vision |
Hearing |
Chronic Illness |
Cognitive, Intellectual, and/or Developmental |
Mobility and/or Physical |
Mental Health |
Total |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Access to Resources | 29 (76.3%) | 6 (75%) | 4 (66.7%) | 3 (75%) | 5 (71.4%) | 5 (71.4%) | 6 (100%) |
| COVID Information | 34 (89.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 5 (83.3%) | 4 (100%) | 6 (85.7%) | 7 (100%) | 5 (83.3%) |
| COVID Prevention Strategies | 31 (81.6%) | 7 (87.5%) | 6 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 4 (57.1%) | 6 (85.7%) | 4 (66.7%) |
| COVID Tests | 24 (63.2%) | 4 (50%) | 2 (33.3%) | 3 (75%) | 4 (57.1%) | 5 (71.4%) | 6 (100%) |
| Direct Support Needs | 13 (34.2%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (50%) | 4 (57.1%) | 6 (85.7%) | 0 (0%) |
| Disability Identity and Community | 14 (36.8%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (83.3%) | 3 (75%) | 2 (28.6%) | 2 (28.6%) | 2 (33.3%) |
| Employment and Education | 31 (81.6%) | 8 (100%) | 5 (83.3%) | 3 (75%) | 5 (71.4%) | 5 (71.4%) | 5 (83.3%) |
| Future Accessibility Changing as a result of COVID | 16 (42.1%) | 3 (37.5%) | 3 (50%) | 2 (50%) | 1 (14.3%) | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (50%) |
| Medical Rationing | 10 (26.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (85.7%) | 2 (33.3%) |
| Political Issues | 21 (55.3%) | 5 (62.5%) | 4 (66.7%) | 2 (50%) | 5 (71.4%) | 3 (42.9%) | 2 (33.3%) |
| Regular Medical Care | 34 (89.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 5 (83.3%) | 4 (100%) | 6 (85.7%) | 6 (85.7%) | 6 (100%) |
| Socializing and Communicating | 24 (63.2%) | 8 (100%) | 4 (66.7%) | 3 (75%) | 1 (14.3%) | 4 (57.1%) | 4 (66.7%) |
| Transportation | 30 (78.9%) | 8 (100%) | 4 (66.7%) | 4 (100%) | 4 (57.1%) | 5 (71.4%) | 5 (83.3%) |
1Data from New obstacles and widening gaps: A qualitative study of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. adults with disabilities.