Submitted by Ivan Ambrose on Tuesday 19th November 2024
Published on Friday 20th December 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Friday 20th June 2025
Current Signatures: 16
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Tagged with
2021 ~ autism ~ Autistic ~ Covid ~ Covid-19 ~ Covid-19 pandemic ~ Ensure ~ February ~ Friendly ~ future pandemic ~ IMPACT ~ mentalhealth ~ NEGATIVE ~ Pandemic ~ pandemic response ~ Prevent ~ Reported ~ Routine ~ uncertainty
Ensure needs of autistic people are met in any future pandemic response
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I believe many Autistic people struggled to process & understand information about the pandemic. If we were to have another pandemic, appropriate, autism-friendly advice should be provided.
The mental health of many Autistic people has been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent Insight Survey ‘The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Autistic Adults’ published in February 2021 stated: "72% of respondents reported some or significant deterioration in Mental Health during the pandemic” and said the most negative impacts were the result of “uncertainty and disruption of normal routine”. More should be done to prevent this in future.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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