The letter highlights the devastating impact of the crisis on the lives of disabled people and calls on government to put disabled people at the heart of recovery planning.
The government’s policy supports those already receiving universal credit to access higher education and does not seek to support those who are already in education.
Many disabled people have had no contact with the outside world for close to three months, often in flats with no access even to sunshine and fresh air, says Disability Rights UK.
Some disabled people are losing social care services which support them in their day to day lives, as Care Act rights were suspended by the government's Coronavirus Act.
Disabled people say existing health conditions or impairments that are unrelated to a chance of benefiting from treatment must not play a part in decision-making regarding their equal right to access such treatment.
Disabled people have seen a dramatic downturn in the number of responses received from adverts placed for personal assistants and care workers, says Disability Rights UK.
Thirty nine people with mental health conditions died from unnatural causes in the past year while under Community Treatment Orders or in specialist facilities.