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Connections Newsletter: How a Special Needs Community Weathers the COVID-19 Storm
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Title (Dublin Core)
Connections Newsletter: How a Special Needs Community Weathers the COVID-19 Storm
Description (Dublin Core)
Given the unique challenges presented by COVID-19, special needs programs, such as Starkey, Inc. in Wichita, Kansas, needed to make equally unique adaptations so as to safeguard an already vulnerable community. This Connections newsletter from the summer of 2020 highlights some of those adaptations from early in the pandemic. These included local food donations to the various residences, the closure of day programs, homemade mask-making drives to make up for the mask shortage, and even visits from wildlife experts from a local zoo, who brought with them a sloth, a lynx, and a penguin for the residents to enjoy. Overall, this source provides a more in-depth look into how a community like Starkey dealt with the virus's early outbreak in ways that had to be uniquely suited to the needs of those they served.
Date (Dublin Core)
June 15, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Starkey, Inc.
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Aaron Peterka
Partner (Dublin Core)
Northeastern University
Type (Dublin Core)
Pamphlet
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
NGOs (non-profits)
English
Clothing & Accessories
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Healthcare
English
Health & Wellness
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
special needs
Wichita
Kansas
Starkey, Inc.
mask
lockdown
quarantine
hero
Collection (Dublin Core)
Healthcare
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/28/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/09/2020
09/29/2020
11/03/2020
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This item was submitted on July 28, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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