Coronavirus Crisis: NCSA's Feda Almaliti on NPR

THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

'He's Incredibly Confused': Parenting A Child With Autism During The Pandemic

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Thank you to NPR’s All Things Considered for speaking with NCSA Vice President Feda Almaliti about how the stresses of the coronavirus crisis on families with severe autism.

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Living with the pandemic has been difficult for everyone: the isolation, the need to wear protective gear like masks and gloves, the adjustment to working or learning from home.

For those living with or caring for someone with severe autism, those challenges can be exponentially more difficult.

"Wearing gloves or masks, you know, things like that? That's just not going to happen here," says Feda Almaliti….. Hear the radio program on NPR here