COVID-19 vaccine perceptions in New York State's intellectual and developmental disabilities community.

The survey used a convenience sample, so it may not represent New York's disability community by diagnosis or living situation. Only 11% of respondents were people with developmental disabilities, so the findings mostly reflect family members and people who work with them. Respondents reported intention to get a vaccine, not actual vaccination. The survey did not specify disability category or workplace setting, so comparisons across those groups were not possible. The survey did not define support needed, so it is unclear whether respondents who said no support was needed were familiar with appointment registration and travel. Some counties had only a few responses, so county maps need caution. Bengali responses were unavailable even though the survey was translated into Bengali. A few respondents were outside New York State. The study did not have a priori hypotheses or predictive models.

The survey was conducted to inform a statewide campaign supported by New York State's Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, a federally funded Developmental Disability Council. Two University Centers of Excellence collaborated on the project. The paper does not report a separate conflict-of-interest declaration.

Do not read the 62% intention to get a vaccine as evidence that a vaccine campaign worked. This was a convenience survey of self-reported intentions, and it did not test any intervention or measure actual vaccination.