Self-Reported COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Acceptance and Hesitancy Among Autistic Adults in Pennsylvania: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Survey Data

Lindsay Shea   ^{1 *} , MS, DrPH ;   Dylan Cooper   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Jonas Ventimiglia   ¹ , MSc ;   Shelby Frisbie   ¹ , BA ;   Conner Carlton   ¹ , MSc ;   Wei Song   ¹ , PhD ;   Mark Salzer   ² , PhD ;   Brian Lee   ³ , PhD ;   Emily Hotez   ⁴ , PhD ;   David J Vanness   ⁵ , PhD

¹ AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

² College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

³ Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁴ David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁵ College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States

*these authors contributed equally