What do you DO? We tried to take DS (severely affected by his autism, significant LDs, mostly non-verbal) for a Covid jab and although we'd planned ahead, spoken to the staff there, agreed a nice cosy sofa for him to sit on and had multiple distractions, he was a howling nightmare before the nurse got a needle anywhere near his arm. Somehow he just KNEW! We'd opted to try and do it before he noticed (HA! absolutely nothing escapes his vigilance) because his LDs make it hard to explain the whys and whats of this sort of thing, and we knew we'd only have one stab at it. He is just so hyper-alert and very suspicious of anything untoward. The staff were absolutely lovely, and very accepting of him (even the nurse whom he kicked against) but we couldn't do anything with him and now I worry we've done more harm than good, in terms of him ever being able to have an injection in the future.
It's not Covid so much (we'd naturally like him not to get it but he's very healthy and young, but would like to protect elderly and vulnerable family) but all the other things that he'll need vaccinations for. Not to mention blood tests he might need in the future. DH and I were talking on the way home about what other parents of children with severe LDs do, whether they find a specialist practitioner, or opt for sedation, or what...
(I'm not interested in an argument about the whys and wherefores of Covid vaccination, BTW. I would really like to know how other parents manage this.)