MONITORING OF THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN UKRAINE UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (ON THE EXAMPLE OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BAPTISTS)

Abstract

The article finds that the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected social relations and exacerbated the already vulnerable situation of people with disabilities. Everything that was hidden, veiled in relation to people with disabilities by society, was fully manifested. It is stated that in these conditions it is necessary to monitor the living conditions of people with disabilities as the most vulnerable category of the population, which are currently ignored because healthy people suffer. It was determined that the social and medical spheres proved to be the most unstable in the context of the pandemic in terms of assistance to vulnerable groups. Official statements, postulates have not been fully implemented, do not answer all questions and do not always coincide with reality. Covid-19 response measures have impaired access to services for people with disabilities. It turned out that the religious sphere turned out to be the most stable, which we understood when we studied the activities of the evangelical Baptist community. They were characterized by consolidated assistance to socially vulnerable believers, people with disabilities, which manifested itself in the social, medical and religious spheres. Interviews and questionnaires revealed that it was only through the organized work of the faithful that timely assistance to people with disabilities was provided. In addition, it was found that the Ukrainian media has a lot of statistical information about Covid-19, but in fact there are no reports on the state of infectious diseases departments, the necessary equipment, no stories of sick people with disabilities, journalists do not actually talk to doctors about this situation. There are no analytical materials that would analyze the situation and guide in the choice of adequate solutions.