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Practice brings comfort before real vaccine shot
Clinic helps special needs people, those with needle fears The Columbian
Share: Daniel Arana, 20, blows soap bubbles in the post-shot waiting area with his mother Yolanda following his mock vaccination April 11 at Friendship Foundation in Redondo Beach, Calif. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
LOS ANGELES Margie Garcia, the mother of an 18-year-old with autism, desperately wants her son to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
But she fears that the sight of the syringe could trigger his anxiety, causing him to run away or tackle someone.
So last week, her son, Niko, made a practice run at a mock clinic along with dozens of other young adults and children with developmental disabilities. He went through a registration process, then a nurse placed a syringe needle-less against his arm and stamped the spot with a bandage. Afterward, he sat in an observation area, wearing red headphones to block out any unexpected
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Margie Garcia, the mother of an 18-year-old with autism, desperately wants her son to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
But she fears that the sight of the syringe could trigger his anxiety, causing him to run away or tackle someone.
So last week, her son, Niko, made a practice run at a mock clinic along with dozens of other young adults and children with developmental disabilities. He went through a registration process, then a nurse placed a syringe needle-less against his arm and stamped the spot with a bandage. Afterward, he sat in an observation area, wearing red headphones to block out any unexpected noise. All around him in the parking lot floated bubbles and balloons.
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Vigil held for man with autism who was shot by a LA County deputy
By KJ Hiramoto
A community held a vigil for a young man with autism who was shot by a Los Angeles County deputy earlier in the week.
On Friday, the Disability Voices United, other community leaders and the family and friends of Isaia Cervantes called for the justice of the 25-year-old, who is currently fighting for his life at the hospital.
Back on March 31, the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department responded to a call at a home in Cudahy. LASD claims Cervantes, who was accused of attacking one of his family members, targeted one of the deputies on scene and was gouging at his eyes while attempting to disarm.