Since the arrival of the novel coronavirus, recommendations for public masking have emerged to decrease infection rates. For a variety of reasons, tolerating wearing a mask is challenging for many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). Therefore, we evaluated behavioral strategies to promote compliance with wearing a mask with six hospitalized individuals diagnosed with IDDs. One participant was compliant with wearing the mask for extended durations during baseline while engaging in various activities (e.g., academics, leisure). For the other five individuals, engagement in activities alone was ineffective. Blocking mask removal, reinforcement for mask wearing, and noncontingent access to preferred activities or competing stimuli were then evaluated using a changing-criterion design in which the duration participants were required to tolerate the mask gradually increased. Increases in compliance with mask wearing were achieved with all participants; however, the terminal duration was attained for only four of the five individuals.

自从新型冠状病毒出现以来，已经出现了关于公共口罩的建议，以降低感染率。出于多种原因，容忍戴口罩对许多智力和发育障碍 (IDD) 的人来说是一项挑战。因此，我们对六名被诊断患有 IDD 的住院患者评估了提高戴口罩依从性的行为策略。一名参与者在参加各种活动（例如，学术、休闲）时，在基线期间长期佩戴口罩。对于其他五个人，仅参与活动是无效的。阻止口罩摘下，加强口罩佩戴，然后使用不断变化的标准设计评估对首选活动或竞争刺激的非偶然访问，在该设计中，参与者需要忍受面具的持续时间逐渐增加。所有参与者都提高了戴口罩的依从性；然而，五人中只有四人达到了终末期。