Heartbreaking: S.I. parents watch disabled children regress during pandemic, with no vaccination in sight
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
According to FAIR Health, people with I/DD are three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than patients without disabilities. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Parents of children with physical, intellectual and developmental (I/DD) disabilities say their children are still the forgotten population nearly one year since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began.
Through no fault of their own, many schools and day programs for the I/DD community on Staten Island and throughout the state shuttered during the pandemic, forcing those who rely on the assistance, specific programming, therapies and continuity to stay home – many without services.