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Hard of Hearing (Hearing Loss)

Masks and distancing can make communicating even more difficult for those who have trouble hearing. Here are some tips:

• Managing Hearing Loss in the Time of COVID
• Four Tips for Communicating While Wearing a Mask
• Communicating While Wearing a Mask (YouTube video)

Visual Impairment (Eye problems)

• Navigating COVID-19 with a Visual Impairment (Oregon Health Sciences University, Casey Eye Institute)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Helping People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Manage Masks and COVID-19 Tests
• Autism Society
  • Social Stories to Explain Changes (Plain Language)
  • Recursos en Español
• Autism Speaks: COVID-19 Information and Resources for Families

ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

• Guidance for Uncertain Times:  COVID-19 resources from CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• COVID-19 Information By and For People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Booklet)

Contributed by Barbara Rochen Renner, PhD, one of the librarians at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library.