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The COVID-19 pandemic, stress, and trauma in the disability community: A call to action.

Emily M LundAnjali J Forber-PrattCatherine S WilsonLinda R Mona
Published in: Rehabilitation psychology (2020)
Rehabilitation psychologists and other professionals should be aware of the potential for trauma and stress among disabled clients and work with them to mitigate its effects. Additionally, psychologists should also work with the disability community and disabled colleagues to address systemic and institutional ableism and its intersections with other forms of oppression. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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