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The Guardian view on listening to people with learning disabilities: a matter of life and death | Editorial

The Covid pandemic shed an unforgiving light on health and social care inequalities. The lessons have yet to be absorbed T he fear that so many felt as the death toll rose during the Covid pandemic was magnified for Fiona Walker.

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The Covid pandemic exposed stark health and social‑care inequalities, and according to the editorial, those lessons remain unheeded. The piece cites Fiona Walker’s experience, noting she felt her life would not have been valued during the crisis. Her perspective is drawn from a new report examining how people with learning disabilities were treated throughout the pandemic. The editorial argues that ignoring these findings endangers lives and calls for urgent attention to the findings.

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