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New training helps workers with disabilities stay safe from COVID-19
NCT ID NCT06112249
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a training program called SAFE for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are working or looking for work. The program taught them about COVID-19, how to use protective gear, social distancing, and self-advocacy. 67 young adults took part, and the results showed they learned more about preventing airborne diseases and felt safer at work.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SAFE Employment Training (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could provide a practical, accessible way to teach people with intellectual disabilities how to protect themselves from airborne diseases at work.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed feasibility study with only 67 participants. The results may not apply to larger or more diverse groups, and the program may not work as well in real-world settings without peer support.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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67 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The researchers anticipate recruiting young adults 18years old and over with ASD or IDD who are currently employed or actively looking for employment to participate in the study. Participants will have a diagnosis of ASD or IDD. Participants will self-report their ASD or IDD diagnosis. Additionally, the community agencies have access to documentation that identifies their consumer's diagnoses. Based on this, the researchers will ask them to only provide information to those individuals who have a diagnosis of IDD. Potentially eligible participants with documented intellectual and developmental disabilities will be recruited through large vocational rehabilitation organizations (Community Integrated Services CIS and Project Search) that together serve over 1200 adults with IDD. Participants must be working a minimum of 10 hours a week outside the home and/or receive vocational rehabilitation services. Exclusion Criteria: * under 18 years, do not have a minimum of 10 hours/week of work experience, do not have Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Community Integrated Services
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19123, United States
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JEVS
Collingswood, New Jersey, 08108, United States
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