Vaccine Rollout Leaves Behind the Blind, Paralyzed, Autistic
- One family’s plight: four kids with autism, and no therapy
- Advocate says they simply ‘want the same barriers, not more’
Millions of Americans with disabilities are being overlooked during the pandemic recovery, stuck at home without therapy or social programs, and struggling to book Covid-19 vaccinations.
In Connecticut, a switch March 1 to an age-based inoculation system angered advocates, who said the decision bumped special-needs residents. Disability-rights groups in Arizona are pushing for swifter access to shots, citing a higher Covid-19 death risk. Coast to coast, vaccination-booking websites that lack adaptive software are confounding people with vision problems.