Including Children with Developmental Disabilities in the Equation During this COVID-19 Pandemic.

WHAT IT FOUND

This commentary outlines the risks to children with developmental disabilities during the pandemic, such as delayed diagnoses and lost therapy access.

It suggests keeping clinics open and using telehealth but reports no patient outcomes or tested interventions to act on.

What this paper is

This is a commentary describing the risks to children with developmental disabilities during the pandemic, including delayed diagnoses, loss of therapy, and increased caregiver stress. It offers recommendations for maintaining services but reports no patients, no outcomes, and no tested interventions, so there is no finding here to change your practice on.

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