Connections Newsletter: How a Special Needs Community Weathers the COVID-19 Storm

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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.

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Aaron Peterka

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

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Pamphlet

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English NGOs (non-profits)

English Clothing & Accessories

English Community & Community Organizations

English Healthcare

English Health & Wellness

English Home & Family Life

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special needs

Wichita

Kansas

Starkey, Inc.

mask

lockdown

quarantine

hero

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Healthcare

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Stay Strong, Wichita

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/28/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/09/2020

09/29/2020

11/03/2020

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Covid 19

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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