COVID vaccination receptiveness among people with disabilities

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Between December 2020 and April 2021, 459 Canadians with disabilities participated in a survey about their willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the opportunity arose. This was part of a larger survey on the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people in Canada. In this sample, 73% said a definite “yes” to vaccination, 7% a definite “no”, and 20% were undecided.  Women were more likely than men to say “no” (10% vs 2%).  Other results must be interpreted with caution, because of small numbers of respondents in some categories, but people in New Brunswick   and Manitoba, and people with intellectual disabilities appear to be least willing to be vaccinated.  

The Abilities Centre and the Canadian Disability Participation Project (CDPP) has summarized their data in the COVID 19 Interim Report

Full report:  https://abilitiescentre.org/theaccessproject

COVID 19 Disability Survey:   https://abilitiescentre.org/disabilitysurvey