accommodations. In response to the pandemic worsening domestically, many government agencies, private enterprises and private organizations implemented measures in which employees took turns going to the workplace or worked from home. Though this lessened the commute time for persons with disabilities, the government’s job accommodation services did not make improvements in the work environment and work methods when it came to remote work. It also did not provide any work-related labor assistance services such as sign interpretation, verbatim transcription, visual assistance, etc. 9. Government relief measures provide only limited assistance for low-income individuals with disabilities. Compared to their nondisabled counterpart, there is a higher percentage of persons with disabilities who work in nonstandard employment or are self-employed. Although government relief measures include living allowances for part-time workers, and subsidy programs for visually impaired masseurs and sheltered workshops have been proposed, the subsidy amount hardly makes up for the impact on businesses that have had to remain closed long-term. Furthermore, due to the government’s rushed efforts to offer relief loans, the granting of relief loans was based on existing labor insurance information. Hence, there have been cases where uninsured disabled workers were blocked from receiving relief loans. 10. On May 31 2021 the NHRC released a statement written to the Executive Yuan to urge the government to attach importance to the multiple disadvantages which disabled persons are facing due to the pandemic, and to take more measures to ensure their rights. But as the government is not keeping track of the number of disabled persons who have caught COVID-19, been in quarantine, or been in isolation, the extent to which policy impact assessments can be made in the future is severely limited. 11. According to the statistics released on the MOHW’s Department of Protective Services website, in 2020, the year the pandemic began, reports of domestic violence increased by 13,674 cases (10%) compared to 2019. Cases involving marriage, divorce, or cohabitation rose by 6.3%, while child protection cases rose by a staggering 25%. However, while there was a 10% increase in the number of 10