from the moment nathalie riberdy stepped into a quiet amphitheatre at the douglas mental health university institute wednesday, she knew she had brought her daughter to the right place for her second covid-19 vaccine dose.
following similar clinics in april, the vaccination site, organized by the ciusss de l’ouest-de-l’île-de-montréal, was planned to offer people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder their second doses in a more welcoming environment.
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grant was part of a group of parents who fought to have quebec move people with developmental and intellectual disabilities up the vaccination priority list earlier this year. when the campaign was first announced, they were eighth in line out of 10 categories to get the vaccine .