Pradeepan Jeeva, whose 4-year-old son Obi has autism, said he and his wife aren't able to give their son the amount of care he needs while still doing their job.
They worry he'll lose the progress he gained in therapy school.
\"Without that consistency and routine, we're so worried as parents he's going to go backwards,\" Jeeva, who lives in Seattle, Washington, told ABC News.
In the meantime, they have redesigned his bedroom into a replica of his school classroom. Jeeva is also still putting Obi's backpack on, walking him to the car and driving him around for 20 minutes -- like they did before the virus struck.
\"But we know that [these] may be short-term solutions if Seattle did what San Franciso is doing, and have us placed under a 'shelter-in-place' order. We believe in the public good and public health, but at the same time, we're put in the situation of what do we do? Do we want to risk our son regressing?\" Jeeva said. \"Or are we OK with potentially spreading a disease?\"
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