The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified in China in December 2019. It rapidly spread across the world, and, in March 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a global pandemic. In mid-August 2021, more than 4.4 million deaths have been directly caused by this disease worldwide (Ritchie et al.,
2020). Despite this dramatic number, just around 25% of the population, at the time of this letter, have been fully vaccinated by one of the available vaccines (Ritchie et al.,
2020). All around the globe, priority groups for vaccination include the elderly, healthcare workers, and people with high-risk comorbidities. In this letter, we discuss why we believe people with autism should be included in this last category. …
