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Consumer Protection Of Persons With Disabilities Amidst The Covid-19, James Keith C. Heffron
Consumer Protection Of Persons With Disabilities Amidst The Covid-19, James Keith C. Heffron
Center for Business Research and Development
The Persons with Disabilities (PWD) sector was one of the most overlooked and affected sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. As consumers, PWDs have suffered difficult challenges in the access of essential goods and services, including healthcare, and these challenges have been unduly aggravated because of the crisis. The article exposes and examines the negative impact of the crisis on the consumer rights and behavior of PWDs with a special focus on the novel barriers brought about by the pandemic on their right to access. The current pre-pandemic legislation is not adequate to protect PWDs from these novel barriers as there …