{"id":128162,"date":"2020-07-27T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=128162"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:56:31","slug":"i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"“I feel left behind.” How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”128174″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Giovana Izzo hasn\u2019t seen her son, Antonio, since March.<\/p>\n

For the past four months, Antonio Izzo, 25, has lived in a group home around the clock. And his family is feeling the consequences of the separation, his mom said.<\/p>\n

Before the pandemic, he\u2019d spend every weekend back home with his parents and three younger siblings. They\u2019d laugh at how he loved to sing in the shower and talk about the public transit system.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Read The Full Article<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giovana Izzo hasn\u2019t seen her son, Antonio, since March. For the past four months, Antonio Izzo, 25, has lived in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":128168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive"],"yoast_head":"\n"I feel left behind." How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""I feel left behind." How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Giovana Izzo hasn\u2019t seen her son, Antonio, since March. For the past four months, Antonio Izzo, 25, has lived in...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"658\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nicolemaddox\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nicolemaddox\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"nicolemaddox\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a9966468feeb43a1457423fa470199b9\"},\"headline\":\"“I feel left behind.” How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News Archive\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"I feel left behind.\\\" How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg\",\"width\":658,\"height\":370,\"caption\":\"Andy Greene with his mother, Nina Greene\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"“I feel left behind.” How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"description\":\"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Best Buddies International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a9966468feeb43a1457423fa470199b9\",\"name\":\"nicolemaddox\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/nicolemaddox\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"I feel left behind.\" How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"I feel left behind.\" How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International","og_description":"Giovana Izzo hasn\u2019t seen her son, Antonio, since March. For the past four months, Antonio Izzo, 25, has lived in...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/","og_site_name":"Best Buddies International","article_published_time":"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":658,"height":370,"url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"nicolemaddox","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nicolemaddox","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/"},"author":{"name":"nicolemaddox","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a9966468feeb43a1457423fa470199b9"},"headline":"“I feel left behind.” How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic","datePublished":"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/"},"wordCount":138,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg","articleSection":["News Archive"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/","name":"\"I feel left behind.\" How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic - Best Buddies International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-27T19:45:20+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-15T20:56:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andy-Greene-with-his-mother-Nina-Greene.jpg","width":658,"height":370,"caption":"Andy Greene with his mother, Nina Greene"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/i-feel-left-behind-how-people-with-disabilities-are-coping-with-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"“I feel left behind.” How people with disabilities are coping with the pandemic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","name":"Best Buddies International","description":"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization","name":"Best Buddies International","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","width":115,"height":113,"caption":"Best Buddies International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a9966468feeb43a1457423fa470199b9","name":"nicolemaddox","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/nicolemaddox\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-03-02 00:21:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128162"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128178,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128162\/revisions\/128178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}