Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm confused.
I've been invited for a 'flu vaccine even though I'm not within any of the vulnerable groups.
The invite states the '18-64 'at risk' group.
So, I just wondered whether autism is classed as a 'learning disability' with respect to this, as that is a 'vulnerable group' in the NHS list.
As far as I'm aware, autism is classed as a developmental disability but you can also have a learning disability with it.
Some do, some don't.
This has also set me wondering whether I will now be invited for a Covid vaccine on the same grounds.
Does anyone have any light to shed on this please (and has anyone else been unexpectedly invited to the Vaccine Party)?
Thanks.
I had my jab today and this conversation.
Nurse: why have you been invited?
Me: no idea.
Nurse: you must know.
Me: well I don't. It may be that I am autistic.
Nurse looks it up in a book.
Then: I think it's the autism even though you are obviously very high functioning.
Me thinks: you won't think that if I slap you.
Nurse: it comes under neurological conditions.
However.... I looked it up and it says 'disease' not 'condition'.
I think the problem is there are a fair number of low functioning autistic people diagnosed only as autistic, not as autistic + interlectually disabled / sevear learning disability. So they added autism to the filter to catch these people.