According to the Center for Disease Control, children under 2 years of age should not wear masks. Any child wearing a mask should never be left unattended.
This activity book is meant to guide your self-care practices as we get through COVID-19 together. Use all of these practices or only some of them. It is up to you.
This story is about pandemics and the Coronavirus. A pandemic is when many people in a large area become sick. A pandemic is usually caused by a new virus.
As the United States deals with the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, many in the Minnesota autism community have expressed concern and anxiety about what they can expect and how they can safely engage in self-quarantine or social distancing. This AuSM guide is a resource to support you through these
unpredictable days.
The Autism Society of America believes that improving the vaccination experience is a critical step towards achieving more equitable healthcare for people with Autism and all neurodiverse individuals. As part of our strategic focus on health equity, the Vaccine Education Initiative (VEI) is a national program that addresses systemic barriers, while promoting vaccine education, confidence, and access.
Persons with disabilities generally have more health-care needs than others – both standard needs and needs linked to impairments – and are therefore more vulnerable to the impact of low quality or inaccessible health-care services than others. Compared to persons without disabilities, persons with disabilities are more likely to have poor health: among 43 countries, 42 per cent of persons with disabilities versus 6 per cent of persons without disabilities perceive their health as poor.
