Stay Safe Videos Catch Attention of UNMC News
Courtesy University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2020
[LINCOLN] – Recently, John Keenan of the UNMC strategic communications team spoke with Autism Society of Nebraska (ASN) Board of Directors President, Megan Misegadis, about the groundbreaking “Stay Safe & Self Advocate” campaign, and its videos which feature UNMC Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Dr. Cindy Ellis, and other med center employees.
From the article:
“The goal for the project is to use evidence-based practices and teaching strategies to help individuals on the spectrum stay safe and self advocate as it relates to COVID-19 and their physical and mental health. It is structured in a way so individuals on the spectrum, caregivers or and even health care and service providers can go to the site and see the information broken down in easily understood terms,” Misegadis said.
It was important that the audience see that the videos were Nebraska-generated, and Dr. Ellis and her team wore Husker T-shirts, UNMC facemasks and used other props to give the videos a Nebraska touch.
“When people see someone they can relate to or who looks like them, they can more easily picture themselves doing those things also — especially someone with autism who may have difficulty taking another person’s point of view,” Dr. Ellis said.
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