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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Health Care Workers And Coronavirus / Impact Of COVID-19 On Art / New Documentary On Autism, Family

Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool

Examples of some of the personal protective equipment being provided to first responders during the new coronavirus pandemic are displayed during a news conference, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Chicago.

Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool

Today's Guests

  • Mountain Valleys Health Centers Registered Nurse and Director of Nursing Susan Knoch discusses how health care workers are adjusting to their day-to-day lives on the frontlines of the pandemic
  • Crocker Art Museum Director and CEO Lial Jones checks in on how the Crocker Art Museum is managing

  • Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Director of the UC Davis MIND Institute Dr. Leonard Abbeduto on how COVID-19 has changed the way services are being provided to families with neurodevelopmental disabilities, especially those affected by autism

  • Independent filmmaker & Impact Movies production company owner Bo Magnussen talks about his newly produced documentary “Spectrum of Love” 

Resources
Correction: A previous version of this page misstated what Dr. Leonard Abbeduto joined us to discuss today. It has been corrected.

    Segments

  • Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool

    How Health Care Workers Are Battling Coronavirus

    California is the first state to offer relief to undocumented workers. It comes as health care workers around the country continue to battle the coronavirus on the frontlines.

  • Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio

    Impact Of COVID-19 On The Crocker Art Museum

    The Crocker Art Museum and many other art museums in the area have closed due to coronavirus, but there are still exhibitions planned for later in the year. We check in.

  • Courtesy of Bo Magnussen

    Connecting With Family During COVID-19, New Autism Documentary

    The UC Davis MIND Institute was already trying to figure out how to reach and connect with more families when the coronavirus pandemic hit. We talk about that today, including a new documentary on a local family’s life with an autistic son.

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