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Shelter Island students pitch in to build a strong future (Credit: Courtesy photo)
On Saturday, June 5 a small but mighty crew ventured to East Patchogue to build with Habitat for Humanity. Allyson, pictured center, is working on her 300 hours of sweat equity as the future homeowner.
She will, in turn, have a no-interest mortgage for the materials only, since the land was donated and the labor is provided by volunteers. Pictured above, from left, Allyson’s mom, Theo Olinkiewicz, Emmett Cummings, Allyson, Brandon Velasquez, Pacey Cronin and Grace Olinkiewicz.
Island young people on the job, getting it done. (Credit: Courtesy photo)
Practice brings comfort before real vaccine shot
Clinic helps special needs people, those with needle fears The Columbian
Share: Daniel Arana, 20, blows soap bubbles in the post-shot waiting area with his mother Yolanda following his mock vaccination April 11 at Friendship Foundation in Redondo Beach, Calif. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
LOS ANGELES Margie Garcia, the mother of an 18-year-old with autism, desperately wants her son to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
But she fears that the sight of the syringe could trigger his anxiety, causing him to run away or tackle someone.
So last week, her son, Niko, made a practice run at a mock clinic along with dozens of other young adults and children with developmental disabilities. He went through a registration process, then a nurse placed a syringe needle-less against his arm and stamped the spot with a bandage. Afterward, he sat in an observation area, wearing red headphones to block out any unexpected
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Margie Garcia, the mother of an 18-year-old with autism, desperately wants her son to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
But she fears that the sight of the syringe could trigger his anxiety, causing him to run away or tackle someone.
So last week, her son, Niko, made a practice run at a mock clinic along with dozens of other young adults and children with developmental disabilities. He went through a registration process, then a nurse placed a syringe needle-less against his arm and stamped the spot with a bandage. Afterward, he sat in an observation area, wearing red headphones to block out any unexpected noise. All around him in the parking lot floated bubbles and balloons.
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