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The study also found that autistic adults without intellectual disabilities had a higher risk of having underlying health conditions that may cause more severe illness from COVID-19.
The authors state that this risk should, therefore, encourage policymakers to prioritise autistic persons and people with intellectual disabilities in booster vaccination programmes.
Dr Lindsay Shea, leader of the Life Course Outcomes Research Program at the Autism Institute and co-author of the report, said: “Care providers, policymakers and advocates should be aware of the higher rates — among autistic adults, adults with intellectual disability and adults with mental health diagnoses — of risk factors for contracting COVID-19 and more severe illness if infected.“
It is important to intensify outreach efforts to vaccinate these vulnerable groups.”
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