One study revealed that individuals lost a substantial amount of services during the pandemic, including social and medical support.

• This could have potentially added to caregiver burden as well as impacting the well-being and health of the caregiver and child.

It has been found that services are most effective for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities when they are conducted in person.

• Due to the pandemic, services were forced to transition to being delivered remotely.

A large majority of caregivers reported losing at least one service, with a portion of the families losing all services.

There were very few families that were able to receive in person services due to the restrictions that were imposed.