'Don't assume that someone who isn't wearing a mask or is wearing something different doesn't have an actual reason for it,' Canada's chief health officer warned.
Autism Canada family support representative Dominique Payment said adults and children with the spectrum disorder have trouble with sensory processing, as well as tactile, olfactory and nervous-system hypersensitivity that wearing a mask could aggravate.Federal health officer now recommends Canadians wear masks in public
Payment has two children on the autism spectrum. One is anxious about masks because he associates them with having his teeth cleaned at the dentist, which he dislikes. Payment said having children put a mask on a favourite stuffed animal, or choosing fabric colour and pattern for a mask, could help prepare them to wear one.The deaf can’t read lips covered by an opaque mask, which also muffles sound for those who are hearing impaired.Clovis Bernard wrote in a post on the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association website earlier this month that situations are difficult to navigate in this pandemic.
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