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Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Disrupting Lives Of Many With Developmental Disabilities.
Disability Scoop (3/27, Price) reports Brady Smalley, a 14-year-old with autism, and his brother Ty, 12, who also has autism, “are among thousands of people across the nation whose developmental disabilities make it difficult, or impossible, for them to understand the sudden shrinking of their worlds due to the coronavirus pandemic.” Government and private agencies “say they are doing all they can to deploy crucial front-line workers and services, even as schools and other day programs for adults scale back or shut down,” but “the stress on those workers and on the families at home is enormous.”