Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Presented the voice/ experiences of disabled people or their parents/guardians around accessing health services during COVID-19

• Involved qualitative designs, self-reported accounts, or open-ended survey responses

• Covered privately and publicly funded community, primary, secondary, tertiary, acute care, or hospital healthcare settings

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English language publications

• Published before 01/01/2020

• Treatment or intervention studies and clinical trials

• Non-research articles, editorials, opinion pieces, conference abstracts and proceedings

• Epidemiological papers and research protocols

• Healthcare services provided by non-registered health professionals

• Animal studies