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Fighting for survival: persons with disabilities? activism for the mediatisation
of COVID-19 information
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Mhiripiri NA
; Midzi R
?-/-? 2021[Feb]; 178
(1
): 151-67
PMIDC7686649
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Crises times have an uncanny way of giving salience to struggles for democracy.
The new coronavirus ? also known as COVID-19 ? became a global public health
issue that stirred other democratic concerns from persons living with
disabilities who wanted access to health information for their survival. People
living with various types of disabilities have special communication and
information needs, some of which require specific technologies, formats and
language. The pandemic got people concerned about their safety and survival. This
article contextualises and critiques US, Britain and Zimbabwean activists
representing persons living with disabilities? reactions to the manner their
public authorities availed COVID-19 health messages to disabled constituencies
via mainstream television. It compares how suitable was televised content from
US, Britain, Zimbabwean and New Zealand stations for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing, before exploring complaints and lawsuits from the disability
constituency pertaining to access to COVID-19 health information.
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