Jesus, Tiago SilvaBhattacharjya, SutanukaPapadimitriou, ChristinaBogdanova, YelenaBentley, JacobArango-Lasprilla, Juan CarlosKamalakannan, SureshkumarThe Refugee Empowerment Task Force, International Networking Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine2021-08-252021-08-252021-06-021661-7827PURE: 33046674PURE UUID: 2ec7be69-82f7-49ca-b0f7-967c7bacb326Scopus: 85104422081http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123083Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellowship [grant IA/CPHE/16/1/502650], awarded to Dr. Sureshkumar Kamalakannan. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.People with disabilities may be disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We synthesize the literature on broader health and social impacts on people with disabilities arising from lockdown-related measures. Methods: Scoping review with thematic analysis. Up to mid-September 2020, seven scientific databases and three pre-print servers were searched to identify empirical or perspective papers addressing lockdown-related disparities experienced by people with disabilities. Snowballing searches and experts’ consultation also occurred. Two independent reviewers took eligibility decisions and performed data extractions. Results: Out of 1026 unique references, 85 addressed lockdown-related disparities experienced by people with disabilities. Ten primary and two central themes were identified: (1) Disrupted access to healthcare (other than for COVID-19); (2) Reduced physical activity leading to health and functional decline; (3) From physical distance and inactivity to social isolation and loneliness; (4) Disruption of personal assistance and community support net-works; (5) Children with disabilities disproportionally affected by school closures; (6) Psychological consequences of disrupted routines, activities, and support; (7) Family and informal caregiver burden and stress; (8) Risks of maltreatment, violence, and self-harm; (9) Reduced employment and/or income exacerbating disparities; and (10) Digital divide in access to health, education, and support services. Lack of disability-inclusive response and emergency preparedness and structural, pre-pandemic disparities were the central themes. Conclusions: Lockdown-related measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic can disproportionally affect people with disabilities with broader impact on their health and social grounds. Lack of disability-inclusive response and emergency preparedness and pre-pandemic disparities created structural disadvantages, exacerbated during the pandemic. Both structural disparities and their pandemic ramifications require the development and implementation of disability-inclusive public health and policy measures.1201865engCOVID-19DiscriminationHealth equityHealthcare disparitiesPeople with disabilitiesPublic healthSARS-CoV-2Social determinants of healthSocial inclusionStigmaPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingSDG 5 - Gender EqualitySDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureSDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goalsreview10.3390/ijerph18126178https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85104422081