Coronavirus

Reports

• 2021
  
  • Autism Speaks
    
    • COVID-19 and Autism: Impact on Needs, Health and Healthcare Costs
      March 2021
      This Special Report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the autism community. The report analyses data collected from the Autism Response team, responses to needs assessment surveys, and data on private health insurance claims.
• 2020
  
  • FAIR Health
    
    • Risk Factors for COVID-19 Mortality among Privately Insured Patients
      November 11, 2020
      This white paper examines risk factors for COVID-19 mortality. Risk factors included gender, age, developmental disabilities, cancer, intellectual disabilities, and more. They found that COVID-19 patients with developmental disabilities had the higher odds of dying from COVID-19 than any other group.
  • Government Accountability Office
    
    • Distance Learning: Challenges Providing Services to K-12 English Learners and Students with Disabilities during COVID-19
      November 19, 2020
      This report examines what is known about the challenges of and lessons learned from providing distance learning to English learners and students with disabilities during school building closures in spring 2020.
  • Macquarie University, The University of Sydney
    
    • I Want to See My Friends: The Everyday Experiences of Autistic People and Their Families
      July 2020
      This report investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on autistic people and their families in Australia. Investigators conducted in-depth interviews with 131 people over 115 hours. Participants reported feeling unsupported and felt online services and therapies were unsatisfactory. Autistic people discussed difficulties brought by social isolation and negative impacts on their mental health.