COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacting Those With Developmental Disabilities

8th September, 2020

11 September 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source; Disability Scoop]

The life-altering effects of COVID-19 have been tougher on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities than just about anyone else and they need more support, a group of experts is warning.

A letter published recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry on behalf of the directors of the nation’s 13 intellectual and developmental disabilities research centers — which are funded by the National Institutes of Health — is sounding the alarm about the devastating impact the pandemic has had on an already vulnerable population.

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